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Fisheries Management Act 1994
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#### 275O Ancillary powers
275O Ancillary powers
> During the period in which a scientific observer has power to observe the relevant fishing activities of a regulated person, the scientific observer may—
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> > (a) board and remain on any boat being used for those relevant fishing activities, and
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> > (b) examine any fishing gear or other equipment being used for those relevant fishing activities, and
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> > (c) examine any equipment on a boat being used for those relevant fishing activities that is capable of providing information that may be collected under the program, and
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> > (d) examine any fish taken during those relevant fishing activities, and
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> > (e) require any person engaged in or assisting with those relevant fishing activities, or on board a boat being used for those relevant fishing activities—
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> > > (i) to provide any information about the relevant fishing activities that the scientific observer reasonably requires for the purposes of the scientific observer program, or
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> > > (ii) to provide any assistance the scientific observer reasonably requires to exercise his or her functions as a scientific observer, and
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> > (f) exercise any other functions conferred by the regulations.
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> **pt 9, div 4B (ss 275J–275T):** Ins 2015 No 59, Sch 1 \[132\].