FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 174

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 174

174 .         Foreign boat not to be used for fishing etc., offence

        (1)         A person must not, in WA waters —

            (a)         use a foreign boat for fishing; or

            (b)         use a foreign boat for processing, storing or carrying fish that have been taken by the use of that boat or another boat.

        Penalty: In the case of an individual, $150 000 and imprisonment for 4 years or, in the case of a body corporate, $300 000.

        (2)         It is a defence in proceedings for an offence against subsection (1) for the person charged to prove that, at the time of the alleged offence, there was in force an authorisation authorising the use of the boat for the relevant purpose in the area where the offence is alleged to have been committed.

        [Section 174 amended: No. 28 of 2007 s. 4.]