Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 176 of 1987 - SECT 32

32. (1) Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended:

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

"(aa) a person, being the holder of the licence or a person acting on behalf
of the holder of the licence, has, after the commencement of subsection  32
(1) of the Fishing Legislation Amendment Act 1987:

        (i)    refused or failed to provide information required by a notice
               under subsection 14 (1), (2), (2A), (3) or (4) to be provided
               by that person in the manner in which the information was
               required by the notice to be provided; or

        (ii)   in purported compliance with a notice under subsection 14 (1),
               (2), (2A), (3) or (4), provided information that was, to the
               knowledge of the person, false or misleading in a material
               particular;"; and

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (2) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

"(a) if proceedings for an offence against this Act in relation to the alleged
act or omission referred to in paragraph (1) (a), (aa), (b) or (c), as the
case may be, are instituted against the holder of the licence or a person
acting on behalf of the holder of the licence within one month after the
suspension-on completion of the proceedings; or".

(2) Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subparagraphs
(1) (aa) (i) and (ii) "(2A), (3) or (4)" and substituting "(2A) or (3)".