Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A licensee commits an offence if:
(a) the licensee is required under section 17E to appoint a person in charge of fishing operations under the licence or permit; and
(b) a person engages in fishing operations under the licence or permit and the licensee is reckless in relation to that circumstance; and
(c) at the time the fishing operations are engaged in, there is no person in charge of those fishing operations appointed under section 17E.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a licensee is required under section 17E to appoint a person in charge of fishing operations under the licence or permit; and
(b) the person is in charge of fishing operations under the licence or permit; and
(c) at the time the person is in charge of fishing operations, the person is not appointed under section 17E to be the person in charge of those fishing operations and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(a) and (c) and (2)(a) and (b).