Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 75

75 .         General penalty

        (1)         The general penalty for a contravention of section 74 is —

            (a)         if the provision of the management plan that is contravened is designated in the plan as a major provision —

                  (i)         for a first offence against that section, in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $25 000 and imprisonment for 1 year or, in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $50 000; or

                  (ii)         for a second or subsequent offence against that section, in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $50 000 and imprisonment for 2 years or, in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $100 000;

            (b)         in any other case —

                  (i)         for a first offence against that section, in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $10 000 or, in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $20 000; or

                  (ii)         for a second or subsequent offence against that section, in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $20 000 or, in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $40 000.

        (2)         A provision may be designated in a management plan as a major provision for the purposes of this section by reference to the circumstances in which the provision is contravened.