Sea Fisheries (Licensing) Regulations, 1971

14234 L.N. 99 of 1971 Application for a licence. Cap. 404 Forms of application and of licence. Fees for issue or renewal of a licence. CAP. 404] Sea Fisheries Act SEA FISHERIES (LICENSING) REGULATIONS Under section 11 Commencement: 6th December 1971 1. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 2 of the Sea Fisheries Act (which specifies certain information, etc. to be furnished by an applicant) an application under that section for a licence to operate or navigate a motor fishing boat within the territorial waters of Nigeria shall be made in writing by the owner of the vessel to a licensing officer; and the application shall state (a) if the applicant is an individual, the name, nationality and address of the applicant; (b) if the applicant is a partnership, the name, nationality and address of each partner; or (c) if the applicant is a company or other body corporate, the name, nationality and address of each director of the applicant; and also the address of the place of business of the applicant in Nigeria. (2) The application shall also contain a statement as to the tonnage of the motor fishingboat in respect ofwhich the application is made. (3) Where the applicant is a company or other body corporate, the application shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the memorandum of association and articles of association or other document relating to the constitution of the company or body corporate. 2. (1) Every application for, or for the renewal of, a licence shall be in Form A in the First Schedule to these Regulations. (2) Every licence shall be in Form B in the First Schedule to these Regulations. 3. (1) The fees specified in the Second Schedule to these Regulations shall be charged for the issue or renewal of a licence. (2) The said fees shall be paid by the applicant to the licensing officer at the time when the application for the licence or the renewal is made. but shall be refunded to the applicant if the application is refused. [CAP. 404 Sea Fisheries Act 4. (1) Ifany person in furnishing any information for the purposes of these Regulations makes any statement which he knows to be false in any material particular, or recklessly makes any statement which is false in any material particular, that person shall be guilty of an offence under these Regulations and on conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding four hundred naira or to imprisonment lor a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. (2) Where an offence under these Regulations committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary, or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. 5. Nothing in these Regulations shall apply to any fishing canoe. whether or not fitted with engine. 6. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Licensing) Regulations. 142\) (It Ielin: , E.xctltptioll "f l:~hill~ L.1Il0C~. Short I ifk FIRST SCHEDULE FORMS FORMA Sea Fisheries Act APPLICATION FOR ISSUE OR RENEWAL OF A LICENCE (Regulation 2) I1v.,1e ......•••..•........••.•....•....•..................................................... (Full name in block capitals) hereby apply for a licence under section 2 of theSea Fisheries Act in respect of the motor fishing boat the particulars and descriptions of which are hereinafter staled. 2. (Renewals only) Particulars of the applicant's current licence are as t()lIows-· No . Date of issue . 14236 ~404] Sea Fisheries Act FIRsr SCHEDOLB-continued 3. The full name, address and nationality of the applicant; or if the applicant is a partnership, ofevery partner; or, if the applicant is a company or other body corporate, of every director are as follows ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••• I ••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4. The particularsof the methods ofcatching fish that are to be employed and the area within which it is proposed that the motor fishing boat shall operate and the arrangements that are to be made for the preservation and marketing of the catch in Nigeria are as follows 5. The tonnage of the motor fishing boat in respect of which this application is made is "Signature ofapplicant Note: *Where the application is made by a company, the signature shall be that of the Secretary to the company and the application must be accompanied by a certified copy of the memorandum of association and articles of association of the company. FORMB Sea Fisheries Act LICENCE TO OPERATE OR NAVIGATE A Moros FISHING BoAT Serial No: The motor fishing boat known as , . registered number and owned by . .............................. of .. is hereby licensed to be operated or navigated within the territorial waters of Nigeria from the day of 19 to the day of .................................... .19 both dates inclusive. 2. This licence is issued subject to the following conditions. that is ISSUED at this day of 19 , Fee paid: N . k Licensing Officer [CAP. 404 Sea Fisheries Act SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) FEES CHARGEABLE FOR ISSUE OR RENEWAL OF A LICENCE !-L2J7 Gross Tonnage ofFishing Vessel Under 20 tons .. 20 tons to 199 tons 200 tons to 999 tons 1.000 tons and above .. Annual Licence No 40 100 200 400 Quarterlv u.;«: N 12 J() 60 12()