Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Fisheries Amendment Act 1981 No. 181 of 1981 - SECT 5

5. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after paragraph (1) (c) the following paragraph:

''(ca) board or enter upon a boat in respect of which he has reason to believe
levy imposed by the Foreign Fishing Boats Levy Act 1981 is payable or has been
paid and take measurements of the boat;''; and

   (b)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

''(5) An officer may, for the purpose of exercising his powers under paragraph
(1) (ca), obtain the assistance of a person (not being an officer) and, where
an officer obtains the assistance of such a person, that person shall, for the
purpose of the exercise of those powers, be deemed to be an officer.''.