FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 83
Additional penalty based on value of fish taken in trade or commerce
FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 83
Additional penalty based on value of fish taken in trade or commerce
83 Additional penalty based on value of fish taken in trade or commerce
(1) If, having convicted a person of an offence against this Act involving the
taking or possessing of fish, the court is satisfied the person took or
possessed the fish in trade or commerce, it may, under this section, impose a
fine of not more than 5 times the amount calculated by it to be the wholesale
value of the fish when they were taken.
(2) The court may impose the fine as
well as imposing another fine or penalty prescribed under this or another Act
.
(3) The court may regard fish taken or possessed in contravention of this
Act to have a wholesale value equivalent to the wholesale value of fish of the
same or a similar species or type taken lawfully.