34Records and returns

34 Records and returns (1) This section applies to a person who is: (a) the holder of a permit, licence, authority or approval granted under this Act; or (b) the master of a vessel registered under this Act; or (c) the holder of a licence or permit in relation to premises where fish or aquatic life are bred, received, bought, processed, stored, sold by wholesale or retail or are otherwise disposed of; or (d) a person who transports or is otherwise in possession of fish or aquatic life that is intended for sale by wholesale or retail under a licence or permit. Fisheries Act 1988 47 (2) The Director may do any of the following to assist the management and conservation of any fish or aquatic life or the development of the fishing industry: (a) by written notice to a person: (i) require the person to keep accounts, records, returns and information (including records of returns and information to be supplied or that have been supplied under subparagraph (ii)); (ii) require the person to supply to the Director accounts, records, returns and information within the time specified in the notice; (iii) specify the manner and form in which the person is to keep the accounts, records, returns and information; (b) by Gazette notice: (i) require a person to keep accounts, records, returns and information (including records of returns and information to be supplied or that have been supplied under subparagraph (ii)); (ii) require a person to supply to the Director accounts, records, returns and information within the time specified in the notice; (iii) specify the manner and form in which a person is to keep the accounts, records, returns and information. (3) A return, record, account or information supplied under subsection (2) is not to be: (a) disclosed in proceedings other than a prosecution against this Act; or (b) released to a person, except if the person releasing it is authorised to do so under this Act or by the Director. (4) A return, record, account or information supplied under subsection (2), is not, except with the written permission of the person making the return, record or account, or supplying the information, to be published in any form unless aggregated so that specific identities of persons or businesses are not revealed. Fisheries Act 1988 48