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.