New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 283A

283A Disclosure of information

(1) If a person nominates a commercial fisher to take fish in a fishery on the person’s behalf under this Act, the regulations or the management plan for a fishery, the Department is authorised to disclose to the person who makes the nomination any information provided to the Department by the nominated fisher in any record of fishing activities made by the nominated fisher for the purposes of this Act, insofar as that information relates to fishing activities conducted on behalf of the person who makes the nomination.

(2) The Department is authorised to disclose to the owner of a fishing business any information provided to the Department in any record made under this Act in connection with fishing activities conducted on behalf of the fishing business, or the use of any fishing boat or fishing gear that is a component of the fishing business, including information provided before the fishing business, or any component of the fishing business, was transferred to the owner.

(3) The Department is authorised to disclose to the holder of a charter fishing boat licence any information provided by the master of that boat to the Department in any record made under this Act in connection with the use of that boat for recreational fishing activities during the period in which the person to whom the information is to be disclosed is the holder of the charter fishing boat licence for the boat.

(4) Information may be disclosed under this section without the consent of the person who provided the information (despite section 18 of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 ).

(5) In this section:
"Department" includes the Director-General or any officer of the Department engaged in the administration of this Act.
"information" includes personal information (within the meaning of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 ).