FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 189
FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 189
189 . Powers to obtain certain information
(1) A fisheries
officer may, for the purposes of this Act —
(a)
require any person whom the fisheries officer suspects, on reasonable grounds,
of having committed an offence against this Act —
(i)
to state the person’s name, principal place of
residence and date of birth; and
(ii)
to produce for inspection evidence that the details given
are correct;
(b)
require any person engaged in fishing to state whether or not the person holds
an authorisation or exemption;
(c)
require the master of any boat to state whether or not an authorisation is in
force in respect of the boat;
(d)
require each person on board a fishing boat to state the person’s name
and principal place of residence;
(e)
require the master of any fishing boat to —
(i)
state the name and principal place of residence of each
member of the boat’s crew and of any other person on board the boat; or
(ii)
state the respective functions of each person referred to
in subparagraph (i); or
(iii)
give details of any fishing gear that is on the boat or
that is being used from the boat; or
(iv)
give details of any fish that are on the boat.
(2) A person must not,
without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made
under subsection (1).
Penalty: $10 000.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2), it is a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to
comply with a requirement made under subsection (1)(a)(ii) if the person does
not have any evidence within reasonable proximity.