118 Having foreign boat equipped with commercial fishing equipment (1) A person must not in Victorian waters have in the person's possession or in the person**'**s charge a foreign boat equipped with commercial fishing equipment. (2) It is a defence to proceedings for an offence against subsection (1) if the person charged proves that— (a) he or she was authorised by law to conduct the relevant activity; or (b) the boat's commercial fishing equipment was stored and secured and the boat was travelling by the shortest practicable route— (i) to or from a port in Victoria; or (ii) from a point outside Victorian waters to another point outside those waters. S. 118A inserted by No. 69/2004 s. 14.

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