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FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 190

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 190

190 .         Powers to inspect etc. authorisations etc.

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

            (a)         require any person to produce for inspection any authorisation or exemption which —

                  (i)         the person states that he or she holds; or

                  (ii)         in the fisheries officer’s opinion, should be held by that person;

            (b)         require the master of a boat that, in the fisheries officer’s opinion, should be the subject of an authorisation under this Act, to produce for inspection the authorisation for the boat;

            (c)         examine, remove and take photographs or make copies of, or take extracts from, an authorisation or exemption.

        (2)         A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1)(a) or (b).

        Penalty: In the case of an individual, $10 000 or, in the case of a body corporate, $20 000.