FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 200

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 200

200 .         Obstructing etc. fisheries officers

                A person must not —

            (a)         fail to facilitate by all reasonable means the boarding of a boat by a fisheries officer;

            (b)         abuse, threaten or insult a fisheries officer when the fisheries officer is performing any duty, or exercising any power, under this Act;

            (c)         assault, hinder or obstruct a fisheries officer when the fisheries officer is performing any duty, or exercising any power, under this Act;

            (d)         incite or encourage another person to do anything referred to in paragraph (b) or (c);

            (e)         impersonate a fisheries officer;

            (f)         without reasonable excuse, refuse to allow a search to be made that is authorised under this Act.

        Penalty: In the case of an individual, $10 000 and imprisonment for one year or, in the case of a body corporate, $20 000.