Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES ACT - SECT 34

(1) In this section, person means a person who is -

(a) the holder of a permit, licence, authority or approval granted under this Act;

(b) the master of a vessel registered under this Act;

(c) the holder of a licence or permit in relation to, or a nominated person or short term operator in respect of, premises where fish or aquatic life are bred, received, bought, processed, stored, sold by wholesale or retail or are otherwise disposed of; or

(d) a person who transports or is otherwise in possession of fish or aquatic life that is intended for sale by wholesale or retail.

(2) The Director may do any of the following to assist the management and conservation of any fish or aquatic life or the development of the fishing industry:

(a) by notice in writing to a person -

(i) require the person to keep accounts, records, returns and information (including records of returns and information to be supplied or that have been supplied under subparagraph (ii));

(ii) require the person to supply to the Director accounts, records, returns and information within the time specified in the notice;

(iii) specify the manner and form in which the person is to keep the accounts, records, returns and information;

(b) by notice in the Gazette -

(i) require a person to keep accounts, records, returns and information (including records of returns and information to be supplied or that have been supplied under subparagraph (ii));

(ii) require a person to supply to the Director accounts, records, returns and information within the time specified in the notice;

(iii) specify the manner and form in which a person is to keep the accounts, records, returns and information.

(3) A return, record, account or information supplied under subsection (2) is not to be -

(a) disclosed in proceedings other than a prosecution against this Act; or

(b) released to a person, except if the person releasing it is authorised to do so under this Act or by the Director.

(4) A return, record, account or information supplied under subsection (2), is not, except with the written permission of the person making the return, record or account, or supplying the information, to be published in any form unless aggregated so that specific identities of persons or businesses are not revealed.