124AReal time reporting

124A Real time reporting

124A Real time reporting

(1) The regulations may require commercial fishers, or any specified class of commercial fishers, to report to the Secretary about any commercial fishing activities or proposed commercial fishing activities.

(2) In particular, the regulations may require a report to be made of the following—

(a) particulars of when and where a commercial fisher proposes to take fish,

(b) particulars of when and where a commercial fisher proposes to land the catch and the estimated composition and amount of the catch,

(c) particulars of when and where the commercial fisher lands the catch and the composition and amount of the landed catch.

(3) The report must be made using the real time reporting system—

(a) within such period as the regulations prescribe, and

(b) in a form and manner approved by the Minister.

(4) The regulations may provide for an alternative method of making the report in the event that the real time reporting system malfunctions or is not available for any reason.

(5) A commercial fisher who fails to make a report as required by or under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty—

(a) 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months (or both) for a first offence, or

(b) 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months (or both) for a second or subsequent offence.

(6) In this section—

real time reporting system means a system or facility, approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section, that enables the making of reports under this section by oral communication or electronic transmission.

pt 4, div 5A (ss 124A, 124B): Ins 2015 No 59, Sch 1 [71].