Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 20 FISHERIES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS - REG 18

18. (1) For the purposes of this regulation, the Chairperson or the
Managing Director may nominate:

   (a)  an officer; or

   (b)  a person who is engaged in marine research; or

   (c)  a person who is interested in methods of catching or processing fish.

(2) The Chairperson or the Managing Director may, in writing or by radio
message, ask the master of a boat that is being used in the AFZ under a
fishing concession to carry a nominated person on the boat.

(3) The request must be delivered, or made by radio, to the master at least 14
days before the day on which the nominated person is to board the boat.

(4) The request must include:

   (a)  the nominated person's name and residential address; and

   (b)  if he or she is not self-employed:

        (i)    the name and business address of his or her employer; and

        (ii)   the nature of his or her employment; and

   (c)  if he or she is self-employed:

        (i)    a statement to that effect; and

        (ii)   his or her occupation; and

   (d)  the day, time and place at which he or she is to board the boat; and

   (e)  the reason for carrying him or her on the boat; and

   (f)  the equipment (if any) that he or she will take on board the boat in
        relation to that reason; and

   (g)  the day, time and place at which he or she will leave the boat.

(5) The places referred to in paragraphs (4) (d) and (4) (g) must be places
that are reasonable having regard to the proposed fishing operations of the
boat.

(6) If a request is made to the master, the master must, unless he or she has
a reasonable excuse:

   (a)  make the boat available to receive the nominated person in accordance
        with the request; and

   (b)  carry the person on the boat; and

   (c)  provide the person with food and accommodation at at least the
        standard that is appropriate for a junior officer serving on the boat;
        and

   (d)  allow the person to have access to the parts of the boat to which the
        person reasonably requires access; and

   (e)  allow the person to use facilities and equipment that he or she
        reasonably requires to operate equipment taken on board the boat in
        accordance with the request; and

   (f)  give the person the information that he or she reasonably asks for in
        relation to:

        (i)    the boat; or

        (ii)   its equipment; or

        (iii)  fish taken using the boat; and

   (g)  allow the person to leave the boat in accordance with the request.
        Maximum penalty: $1,000.

(7) If the nominated person asks the master to send a radio message, the
master must send the message as soon as practicable. Maximum penalty: $1,000.

(8) The master may recover from the nominated person the costs incurred in
sending a message under subregulation (7).

(9) If the master receives a radio message for the nominated person, the
master must give the message to the person as soon as practicable. Maximum
penalty: $1,000.

(10) The holder of the fishing concession in relation to which the boat is
used must not obstruct the master in carrying out the master's obligations
under this regulation. Maximum penalty for a contravention of this
subregulation: $1,000.