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3.—(1) A registered fish seller is authorised for the purposes of Article 9, insofar as he sells first sale fish by any form of competitive bidding at a designated auction site either on his own behalf or as the seller’s agent.
(2) Any person may apply, using such form as the Department may prescribe, to the Department to be registered as a fish seller.
(3) An applicant for registration as a fish seller shall include with his application a statement of the facilities and the proposed methods of operation he intends to use and of the place where he intends to maintain his records of sales of first sale fish.
(4) In considering an application for registration the Department shall take into account whether the statement as to the facilities and proposed methods of operation of the fish seller, and of the place where he intends to maintain his records of sales of first sale fish, are such as to assist compliance by the fish seller with Article 9, Article 22 of the CFP Regulation and these Regulations.
(5) The Department shall notify an applicant in writing of its decision on an application made to her in accordance with this regulation.
(6) Where the Department grants a registration the Department shall specify the conditions, listed at Schedule 1, subject to which the registration is granted.
(7) The Department shall publish a list of registered fish sellers in such manner as it sees fit.
(8) The registration of a fish seller may be suspended where, in the view of the Department, the registered fish seller has not —
(a)complied with a condition of registration; or
(b)complied with any requirement of Article 9, Article 22 of the CFP Regulation or these Regulations.
(9) Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement for the purposes of an application under this regulation is guilty of an offence.
(10) Any registered fish seller who sells first sale fish in breach of a condition of his registration is guilty of an offence.