South Australian Numbered Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 (NO 4 OF 2007) - SECT 91

91—Offence to hinder etc authorised persons

        (1)         A person must not—

            (a)         hinder or use abusive, threatening or insulting language to an authorised person, a person accompanying or assisting a fisheries officer or another person engaged in the administration of this Act; or

            (b)         fail to comply with a requirement made of the person by a fisheries officer under section 81; or

            (c)         fail to comply with a direction given to the person by a fisheries officer under section 81; or

            (d)         in response to a requirement made of the person by a fisheries officer under section 81(1)(e)—

                  (i)         state a name or address that is false; or

                  (ii)         produce false evidence of his or her identity; or

            (e)         in response to a requirement made of the person by a fisheries officer under section 81(1)(f)—fail to give information or answer a question to the best of the person's knowledge, information or belief; or

            (f)         in response to a requirement made of the person by a fisheries officer under section 81(1)(g)—produce a document or record that the person knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (g)         by words or conduct, falsely represent that the person is an authorised person.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         A person must not assault an authorised person, a person accompanying or assisting a fisheries officer or another person engaged in the administration of this Act.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.