Victorian Numbered Acts

FISHERIES AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO. 21 OF 2011) - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are to amend the Fisheries Act 1995 —

        (a)     to provide that seized fish, protected aquatic biota and noxious aquatic species taken or possessed in contravention of that Act are forfeited to the Crown; and

        (b)     to provide that if an owner of a thing seized under that Act that is subject to automatic forfeiture to the Crown does not make a claim for its return after receiving a disposal notice from an authorised officer, the thing is condemned as forfeited to the Crown; and

        (c)     to provide that a court may make orders condemning as forfeited to the Crown things seized that are forfeited to the Crown; and

        (d)     to give the courts additional powers to make orders against persons who are convicted or found guilty of offences under that Act; and

        (e)     to increase the penalty for interfering with authorised officers; and

        (f)     to prohibit the furnishing of misleading documents; and

        (g)     to make other miscellaneous amendments to that Act.