Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993

20 (1) A vessel registration certificate issued in respect of a vessel becomes invalid if the vessel is modified so that the tonnage or length of the vessel differs from that set out in the vessel registration certificate.

(2) Where a vessel registration certificate becomes invalid pursuant to subsection (1),

• (a) the vessel registration certificate and all licences issued in respect of the vessel shall be returned to the Minister within seven days after the day on which the certificate becomes invalid; and

• (b) no person shall use the vessel in commercial fishing until a new vessel registration certificate has been issued in respect of it.