Permit to import or export live fish
5.—(1)  An application for a permit referred to in rule 4(1) or (2) shall be made in such form and manner as the Director-General may require and shall be accompanied by such information or document as the Director-General may specify.
(2)  On receipt of an application for a permit under paragraph (1), the Director-General may —
(a)issue the permit to the licensee with or without conditions; or
(b)refuse to issue the permit applied for.
(3)  Where the Director-General refuses to issue a permit under paragraph (2), he shall, if requested to do so by the licensee, state in writing the reasons for his refusal.