New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 258

258 Power to require information

(1) A fisheries officer may--

(a) require the master of a boat being used or purportedly being used under the authority of a fishing boat licence, or any boat connected with a fisheries offence, to provide information concerning the boat or its crew, and

(b) require a person whom the officer finds on board any such boat or in any premises or vehicle entered under this Part--

(i) to state the person's name and address, and

(ii) to provide information concerning any fish, fishing gear or fishing records found on the boat, premises or vehicle that the person is able to provide, and

(c) require a person whom the officer has reason to believe is engaged in commercial fishing activities or is committing, has committed or is about to commit a fisheries offence to state the person's name and address.

(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement of a fisheries officer made under this section is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(3) A person fails to comply with a requirement to provide information (including a requirement to state a name and address) made by a fisheries officer under this section if the person fails to provide that information immediately or within such period as the fisheries officer may allow.