43Offences relating to aquaculture

43 Offences relating to aquaculture (a) the person intentionally takes fish or aquatic life; and (b) the area in which the fish or aquatic life is taken is a licensed area and the person is reckless in relation to that Fisheries Act 1988 56 (c) the person is not authorised under this Act to take fish or aquatic life in the licensed area and is reckless in relation to (a) the person intentionally removes diseased or contaminated fish or aquatic life from an area; and (b) the area is a licensed area and the person is reckless in (c) the person is not authorised under this Act to remove diseased or contaminated fish or aquatic life from the licensed area and is reckless in relation to that circumstance. (a) the person intentionally enters an area; and (b) the area is a licensed area that has been marked out under section 55(4) and the person is reckless in relation to that (c) the person is not authorised to enter the area by the holder of the aquaculture licence and is reckless in relation to that Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. (b) the conduct results in the removal of, or interference with, a beacon, buoy, mark, light, signal, raft, structure or implement used in relation to a licensed area and the person is reckless in relation to the result; and (c) the person is not authorised to engage in the conduct by the holder of the aquaculture licence and is reckless in relation to Fisheries Act 1988 57 (5) A person commits an offence if: (b) the conduct results in damage to, or in, a licensed area and the person is reckless in relation to the result; and (c) the person is not authorised to engage in the conduct by the holder of the aquaculture licence and is reckless in relation to (6) If a court finds a person guilty of an offence against subsection (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), it may award damages in respect of the offence. (7) In this section: licensed area means land, premises or waters to which an aquaculture licence relates.