Article 6 Toll payable
(1)
Any person to whom the Association proposes to issue a licence shall pay to the Association, before or upon receipt of the licence, a toll.
(2)
In respect of a licence which authorises–
(a)
dredging, fishing for or taking cockles from a vessel the toll shall be £10,000 per fishing season or part thereof;
(b)
dredging, fishing for or taking cockles from or by means of a vehicle the toll shall be £10,000 per fishing season or part thereof;
(c)
dredging, fishing for or taking cockles by hand the toll shall be £300 per fishing season or part thereof.
(3)
The Association may from time to time, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, vary the toll payable under this article.