TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 - SECT 46AA Offences relating to a fish receiver licence

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 - SECT 46AA

  (1)   This section relates to fish taken from:

  (a)   the Protected Zone; or

  (b)   an area of waters that is declared under subsection   15(1).

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person receives fish directly from another person; and

  (b)   the fish were taken by the other person in circumstances that required the person to hold a commercial fishing licence, or a Treaty endorsement; and

  (c)   the person intends:

  (i)   to process the fish, other than for personal consumption or use; or

  (ii)   to sell the fish; and

  (d)   the person does not hold a licence that allows the person to receive fish under this Act.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (3)   A person receives fish directly from another person if the person receives the fish from:

  (a)   the other person; or

  (b)   someone else who has been engaged by the other person to transport the fish to the person.

  (4)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person holds a fish receiver licence; and

  (b)   the person receives fish from someone who is not a commercial fisher; and

  (c)   the person intends:

  (i)   to process the fish, other than for personal consumption or use; or

  (ii)   to sell the fish.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.