New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 14

14 Offences relating to closures

(1) A person who takes fish in contravention of a fishing closure is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: In the case of a corporation, 1,000 penalty units or, in any other case, 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) A person who is in possession of fish taken in contravention of a fishing closure is guilty of an offence.

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.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) if the person charged satisfies the court that the person did not know and could not reasonably have known that the fish had been taken in contravention of a provision of or made under this Act.