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Application

to register nominee buyers.

Entry on the register.

(3) On the receipt of an application under this by-law the manager may-

(4) accept an applicant as a registered buyer, subject to the con- dition that he should observe the provisions of these by-laws and of any administrative rules made by the Organization and duly displayed in accordance with by-law 6; or

(b) refuse to accept an applicant as a registered buyer on the

grounds that he-

(i) is not a suitable person; or

(i) has no bona fide interest in the wholesale marketing of marine fish.

(4) The manager shall, if requested to do so, state in writing the grounds for his refusal to accept an applicant as a registered bayer.

13. (1) A registered buyer may apply to the manager to have the name or names of persons employed or nominated by him entered on the register as a nominee buyer or nominee buyers to act as agents of the applicant,

(2) On receipt of an application under paragraph (1) the manager

may........

(a)

accept any such person as a nominee buyer of the applicant, subject to the condition that he should observe the provisions of these by-laws and of any administrative rules made by the Organization and duly displayed in accordance with by-law 6; or

(b) refuse to accept any such person as a nominee buyer of the

applicant, on the grounds that-

(1) the person is not a suitable person; or

(ii) a sufficient number of nominee buyers are already registered as nominee buyers of the applicant,

(3) The manager shall, if requested to do so, state in writing, tes grounds for his refusal to accept any person as a nominee buyer of the applicant.

enter

14. (1) The manager shall maintain a register, in which he shall

(a) the name of any person who has been accepted as a registered

buyer under paragraph (3) of by-law 12; and

(b) opposite the name of the registered buyer, the name of any person who has been accepted as a nominee buyer of such registered buyer under paragraph (2) of by-law 13.

(2) The register shall be available for inspection free of charge during the hours when a market is open for the conduct of business

18. (1) The manager may remove the name of any registered Removal buyer from the register in the following circumstances-

(a) at the request of the registered buyer: (b) on the death of the registered buyer;

(c) when the registered buyer has not used the facilities of the market for a period of 12 months, and having been requested to do so in writing by the manager, has failed within one month from such request to show good cause why his name should remain on the register; or

(d) on the grounds that he has failed to comply with the condition imposed on him under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) of by-law 12.

(2) The manager may remove the name of any nominee buyer from the register in the following circumstances-

(a) at the request of the nominee buyer himself, or of the regis- tered buyer, opposite whose name the name of the nominee buyer has been catered on the register;

(b) on the death of the nominee buyer;

(c)

on the grounds that he has failed to comply with the condi- tions imposed on him under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph (2) of by-law 13; or

(d) when the name of the registered buyer, opposite which his name has been entered on the register, has been removed from the register under these by-laws.

(3) When the manager has removed the name of any registered buyer under sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) or the name of any mince buyer under sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2), he shall forth- with notify the registered buyer or nominee buyer of his decision and sali state the grounds on which his decision is based.

16. (1) The manager may appoint an employee of the Organiza- tian to bid at an auction in a market, or to purchase marine fish, as decat for any person who is not a registered buyer.

(2) An employee of the Organization who has been appointed under paragraph (1) may not bid at any auction, unless he has, before the bidding has commenced, informed the auctioneer and all other persons present at that time of his intention to bid at the auction.

from the register.

Employee of Organization acting as agent.

of registered

17. (1) The manager shall issue a badge of identity to each regis- Identification ered buyer, which shall be returned when the registered buyer ceases to be registered.

and nominee buyers.