Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Fishing Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1984 No. 152 of 1984 - SECT 19

19. Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended-

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



"(ha) board or enter a boat that the officer has reasonable grounds to believe
is a boat in relation to which levy under the Fisheries Licences Levy  Act
1984 may become payable or has been paid and inspect the boat or any part of
the boat;"; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (6) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(6) An officer may, for the purpose of exercising his powers under paragraph
(1) (ha), 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.".