Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) AFMA must include in the Register:
(a) the identifying particulars of each Australian - flagged boat that is authorised by a fishing concession to be used for fishing activities on the high seas; and
(b) the name and address of the owner or owners of the boat; and
(c) the nature of the fishing concession, how it covers fishing activities on the high seas and the period for which it is granted.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the identifying particulars of an Australian - flagged boat are:
(a) its name and any previous name or names (if known to AFMA); and
(b) its registration number; and
(c) its port of registry; and
(d) any previous flag under which it has sailed; and
(e) its international radio call sign (if any); and
(f) the place where, and the period when, it was built; and
(g) its type; and
(h) its length; and
(i) such other particulars (if any) as are prescribed.
(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), if any of the particulars required to be recorded under subsection (1) or (2) in relation to an Australian - flagged boat changes, AFMA must, as soon as it becomes aware of that change, alter the Register to record that change.
(4) If, in relation to an Australian - flagged boat that is included in the Register:
(a) the fishing concession covering that boat is suspended or the suspension is revoked; or
(b) the fishing concession covering that boat is cancelled or ceases to have effect;
AFMA must record in the Register the fact of that suspension, revocation, cancellation or cessation and also the reason for it.
(5) If, because of a decision made by AFMA, a Joint Authority, the Administrative Review Tribunal or a court, a record made by AFMA under subsection (4) is no longer correct, AFMA must rectify the Register accordingly.
(6) If an Australian - flagged boat that is included in the Register:
(a) ceases to be an Australian - flagged boat; or
(b) is decommissioned or lost;
AFMA must record that fact in the Register.