151   Fee for application for issue of fishing boat licence

(1)  A fee is payable in respect of an application for the issue of a fishing boat licence.

(2)  The fee for an application for the issue of a fishing boat licence is, subject to subclauses (3) and (4), the following:

(a)  in the case of a licence that relates to a boat that has a length not exceeding 3 metres—$187,

(b)  in the case of a licence that relates to a boat that has a length exceeding 3 metres—$187 plus $28 for each metre or part of a metre by which the length of the boat exceeds 3 metres.

(3)  The fee for an application for the issue of a fishing boat licence is, if the licence is issued to have effect for a period of less than 12 months commencing on a date other than 1 July, the prescribed proportion of the licence fee.

(4)  The fee for an application for the issue of a fishing boat licence is, if the licence is issued to have effect for a period exceeding 12 months commencing on a date other than 1 July, the total of the following:

(a)  the licence fee, and

(b)  the prescribed proportion of the licence fee.

(5)  If an amount calculated under this clause includes a fraction of a dollar, the amount is to be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar.

(6)  In this clause:

licence fee means the fee referred to in subclause (2).

prescribed proportion means the proportion specified in column 2 of the Table to this clause next to the commencement date of the licence concerned.

Table

Column 1	Column 2
Commencement date of licence	Prescribed proportion
After 1 July but before 1 October	100%
On or after 1 October but before 1 January (in the following year)	75%
On or after 1 January but before 1 April	50%
On or after 1 April but before 1 July	25%

Note. It is intended that all licences will have a uniform expiry date of 30 June.