11Requirement for permit

11 Requirement for permit (1) A permit may authorise a person to do one or more of the following things: (a) bring into or release in, or cause to be brought into or released in, the Territory live fish or aquatic life; (b) possess or sell noxious species; (c) cause or permit a shock, sound or other vibration, whether by percussion, the use of an explosive or otherwise; (d) use an electric fishing device; (e) introduce a dangerous substance into waters of the Territory; (f) any other thing prescribed by regulation or a management plan as being able to be done only under a permit.

Fisheries Act 1988 17 (b) the conduct results in live fish or aquatic life being brought into or released in the Territory and the person is reckless in relation to the result; and (c) the person is not authorised by a permit to bring into or release in, or cause to be brought into or released in, the Territory the fish or aquatic life. (a) the person intentionally possesses or sells a thing; and (b) the thing is a noxious species and the person is reckless in (c) the person is not authorised by a permit to possess or sell the thing. (a) the person intentionally causes or permits a shock, sound or other vibration, whether by percussion, the use of an explosive or otherwise; and (b) a result of the shock, sound or vibration is, or may be, that fish or aquatic life is stunned, injured, killed or detrimentally affected and the person is reckless in relation to the result; and (c) the person is not authorised by a permit to cause or permit the shock, sound or vibration. (5) A person commits an offence if the person: (a) intentionally uses an electric fishing device; and (b) is not authorised by a permit to do so.

Fisheries Act 1988 18 (6) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person intentionally introduces directly or indirectly a substance into waters of the Territory; and (b) the substance is a dangerous substance and the person is reckless as to that circumstance; and (c) a result of the conduct mentioned in paragraph (a) is, or may be, that: (i) fish or aquatic life are stunned, injured, killed or detrimentally affected; or (ii) the habitats, food or spawning grounds of fish or aquatic life are detrimentally affected; and (d) the person is reckless in relation to the result; and (e) the person is not authorised by a permit to introduce the substance into waters of the Territory. Note for subsection (6) Section 37 provides for an additional penalty for a continuing offence against this subsection. (b) the conduct is prescribed by regulation or a management plan as being able to be done only under a permit and the person is reckless as to that circumstance; and (c) the person is not authorised by a permit to engage in the conduct. (8) Strict liability applies to subsections (2)(c), (3)(c), (4)(c), (5)(b), (6)(e) and (7)(c). (9) In this section: dangerous substance means: (a) a substance that is poisonous, toxic, narcotic or noxious; or