FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 179
FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 179
179 . Honorary fisheries officers, appointment of etc.
(1) The CEO may, by
instrument in writing, appoint any person to be an honorary fisheries officer
for the whole or any specified area of the State.
(2) An honorary
fisheries officer has, in respect of the State, or the area of the State for
which he or she is appointed, such of the powers conferred by or under this
Act on a fisheries officer as are specified in the instrument of appointment
and to that extent is taken to be such an officer.
(3) The CEO must
provide each honorary fisheries officer with a copy of his or her instrument
of appointment.
(4) An honorary
fisheries officer must produce a copy of his or her instrument of appointment
if requested to do so by any person in respect of whom the honorary fisheries
officer has exercised, or is about to exercise, any power under this Act.
(5) A copy of an
instrument purporting to have been made under this section is, without proof
of the CEO’s signature, evidence in any court of the appointment to
which the instrument purports to relate and of any other matter specified
therein.
(6) A person ceases to
be an honorary fisheries officer if —
(a) the
period, if any, of his or her appointment expires; or
(b) his
or her appointment is revoked by the CEO; or
(c) the
person resigns his or her office by letter delivered to the CEO.
(7) A person who
ceases to be an honorary fisheries officer must, as soon as practicable,
return the copy of his or her instrument of appointment to the CEO or to any
other person authorised by the CEO to receive the copy.
Penalty: $1 000.
[Section 179 amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 236.]