FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 173
Power to require production of documents
FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 173
Power to require production of documents
173 Power to require production of documents
(1) An inspector may require a person to produce for inspection—
(a) a
document required to be kept by the person under this Act; or
(b) if the
person is engaged in the business of buying or selling fisheries resources by
wholesale or retail—a document about the buying or selling of fisheries
resources in the person’s possession; or
(c) if a document required to be
kept by the person under this Act is stored or recorded by means of a
device—a document that is a clear written reproduction of the stored or
recorded document.
(2) A person required under this Act to have a document
available for immediate inspection must produce it immediately for inspection
by the inspector or someone else specified by the inspector, unless the person
has a reasonable excuse for not producing it.
Penalty—
Maximum
penalty—500 penalty units.
(3) In any other case, a person required under
this Act to keep a document must produce it immediately, or within a
reasonable time allowed by the inspector, for inspection by the inspector or
someone else specified by the inspector, unless the person has a reasonable
excuse for not producing it.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—200 penalty
units.
(4) The inspector may keep the document to make a copy of it.
(5)
The inspector must return the document to the person as soon as practicable
after making the copy.
(6) For an electronic document, compliance with a
requirement under subsection (1) requires the making available or production
of a clear written reproduction of the electronic document.
