New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 117

117 Fish receiver to be registered

(1) A person who receives fish, for resale or other commercial use, from a person whom he or she knows or reasonably suspects to be a commercial fisher (or a person acting on behalf of such a commercial fisher) is guilty of an offence unless the fish receiver is registered under this Division.

Maximum penalty: In the case of a corporation, 500 penalty units or, in any other case, 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(2) The person is not required to be registered under this Division if:

(a) the person holds an authority under the Fisheries Act 1935 of a class designated by the regulations under this Act, or

(b) the person has received from all commercial fishers (or persons acting on their behalf) less than the minimum quantity of fish prescribed by the regulations during the period so prescribed, or

(c) the fish are received in the person’s capacity as an employee or agent of another fish receiver, or

(d) the fish are received for the purpose only of transporting them on behalf of the owner of the fish, or

(e) the regulations otherwise provide.