# The Cockle Fishing Management and Permitting (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2024, Article 10: Persons entitled to a permit

Extent: E+W

(1) A person may apply for a permit if they—
(a) are 16 years of age or over,
(b) hold an intertidal safety training course certificate issued within the preceding 3 year period, and
(c) have not been convicted within the preceding 12 month period, or the preceding 6 month period if they were under 18 at the date of their conviction, of a relevant offence.
(2) In this article, “relevant offence” means—
(a) an offence under section 3(3) (contravening a fishery regulating order etc) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967;
(b) an offence under section 31(2) (refusing entry, search and investigation to a water bailiff) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975;
(c) an offence under—
(i) section 139 (contravention of orders under sections 134, 134A, 134B or 136),
(ii) section 190 (contravention of orders under section 189), or
(iii) section 292 (offences in relation to enforcement officers), of the 2009 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/767/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cockle-fishing-management-and-permitting-specified-area-wales-order-2024/article-10
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