Fisheries Management Act 1994
34Biosecurity officer may exercise fisheries officer functions
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34 Biosecurity officer may exercise fisheries officer functions
34 Biosecurity officer may exercise fisheries officer functions
(1) An authorised officer under the Biosecurity Act 2015 may exercise any function of a fisheries officer under a repealed provision or relevant instrument that continues to have effect. Accordingly, a reference in a repealed provision or relevant instrument to a fisheries officer is taken, on the enactment of the Biosecurity Act 2015, to include a reference to an authorised officer under that Act.
(2) The powers conferred on an authorised officer by subclause (1) are subject to any conditions or limitations that apply to the person’s appointment as an authorised officer under the Biosecurity Act 2015.
(3) Any evidence of authority as an authorised officer issued under the Biosecurity Act 2015 is taken to be sufficient evidence of authority to exercise the functions of a fisheries officer under a repealed provision or relevant instrument.