Section 28: Gear licences
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28. Gear licences
(1) Subject to section 9 (3) and subsections (2) and (3), no person shall,
without a gear licence issued by the Permanent Secretary, use or have in his
possession, a gear specified in section 29 (1).
(2) No application for a licence to use a gill net, a large net and a shrimp
net concurrently shall be made, nor shall such a licence be granted.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no gear licence shall be required in
respect of a basket trap which has meshes of a size which allows a cylinder
measuring not less than 4 centimetres in diameter to pass through and which
is operated by a registered fisherman.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no gear licence shall be required for a
gear to be used by a licence holder under Sub-Part B of this Part.