15L.—(1) Where a master accumulates 90 points (which have not been deleted in accordance with section 15J(2)) or has received five suspensions under section 15K (which have not been deleted in accordance with subsection (6) of that section), the Minister shall remove the master from the Irish Fishing Master Register.

(2) A person who has been removed from the Irish Fishing Master Register under subsection (1) shall not be entitled to be re-entered in the Register.

(3) A person who has been removed from the Irish Fishing Master Register under subsection (1) shall immediately inform the holder of a sea-fishing boat licence who engages or proposes to engage him or her as a master of such removal.

(4) A person who fails to comply with subsection (3) commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class B fine.]