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Fisheries Act 1988
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33B Protection from liability
(1) The Director and the Territory are not liable to any person for any
spoilage or deterioration in the quality of any fish or aquatic life or,
subject to reasonable care being taken, any deterioration in any
other thing seized under section 33(1).
(2) A Fisheries Officer who, at the time of seizure, returns to the water
any fish or aquatic life seized under section 33(1) that the Officer
believes to be alive, is not liable to the person from whom the fish
or aquatic life was seized if:
(a) a decision is made not to charge a person with an offence in
relation to which the fish or aquatic life was seized; or
(b) a person is acquitted of the charge.
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(3) Subsection (2) has effect subject to Part VIIA of the Police
Administration Act 1978 to the extent it relates to the civil liability of
a Fisheries Officer who is a police officer.