Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 176 of 1987 - SECT 9

9. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (e) "false or misleading information to the
officer" and substituting "information to the officer that is, to the
knowledge of the person, false or misleading";

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (h) "or";

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (i) "which is false or misleading in any
        particular." and substituting "that is, to the knowledge of the
        person, false or misleading in any particular; or"; and

   (d)  by adding at the end the following paragraph and subsections:

"(j) in a record, report, return or other document relating to the taking of
sedentary organisms made, given or furnished, or purporting to be made, given
or furnished, under this Act or the regulations-make a statement or furnish
information that is, to the knowledge of the person, false or misleading in a
material particular.

"(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) (other than paragraph (1) (j)) is
guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $2,000
or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months, or both.

"(3) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) (j) is guilty of an offence
punishable, on conviction, by:

   (a)  if the person is a natural person-a fine not exceeding $5,000 or
        imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the person is a body corporate-a fine not exceeding $25,000.".