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FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 174 Orders against persistent offenders

FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 174

Orders against persistent offenders

174 Orders against persistent offenders

(1) This section applies if—
(a) a person is convicted of a serious fisheries offence; and
(b) the person has been convicted of the same, or a different, serious fisheries offence at least 2 other times in the previous 5 years.
(2) If the court convicting the person considers it necessary to stop the person from committing further serious fisheries offences, the court may make an order—
(a) prohibiting the person from carrying out a particular activity relating to fishing; or
Examples of order under paragraph (a)—
• an order prohibiting a person from fishing
• an order prohibiting a person from possessing fishing apparatus
(b) prohibiting the person from carrying out a particular activity relating to fishing except in particular circumstances; or
Example of order under paragraph (b)—
an order prohibiting a person from fishing unless the person uses a boat installed with vessel tracking equipment that is working properly and the details of which have been given to the chief executive
(c) any other order the court considers appropriate.
(3) A person must not contravene an order made under subsection (2) .
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—3,000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.