FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 217

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 217

217 .         Seized things, return of and security for

        (1)         The CEO may authorise the return of anything seized under this Act to the owner or person entitled to the possession of the thing or the person from whom the thing was seized.

        (2)         The CEO may authorise the return of the thing on such conditions as the CEO thinks fit, including a condition that the person give security to the CEO for payment of the value of the thing if it is forfeited.

        (3)         If the thing is forfeited to the Crown any security given to the CEO in lieu of the thing is taken to be forfeited to the Crown.

        (4)         A person must not contravene a condition imposed under subsection (2).

        Penalty: In the case of an individual, $5 000 or, in the case of a body corporate, $10 000.

        (5)         If a court convicts a person of an offence against subsection (4), the court may, in addition to any penalty imposed under that subsection, order the person to pay compensation for any damage or loss caused by the offence to any person.

        [Section 217 amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 236(1).]