Fisheries Management Act 1994
107AOffence of engaging in unlicensed activity
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107A Offence of engaging in unlicensed activity
107A Offence of engaging in unlicensed activity
(1) The master of a boat must not use the boat, or permit the boat to be used, for a declared commercial fishing boat activity unless authorised to do so by a fishing boat licence.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) The use of a boat for a declared commercial fishing boat activity is authorised by a fishing boat licence only if—
(a) the master of the boat is the holder of a fishing boat licence or acting with the consent of the holder of a fishing boat licence, and
(b) the boat is being used in accordance with that fishing boat licence.
s 107A: Ins 2015 No 59, Sch 1 [62].