FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 183

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 183

183 .         Powers to enter and search land to investigate offences

                A fisheries officer may, for the purposes of this Act —

            (a)         enter any land (other than land appurtenant to any premises) for the purpose of passing through the land; or

            (b)         enter and search any land (other than land appurtenant to any premises) if the fisheries officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that —

                  (i)         an offence against this Act has been, is being or is about to be committed on the land; or

                  (ii)         there is on the land anything that may afford evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act.