Fisheries Management (Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery) Regulations 2002
16Data collection officer’s duties
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16 Data collection officer’s duties
(1) A data collection officer appointed under subregulation 15(1) must give any information he or she collects on the nominated boat to AFMA or AFMA’s agent.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) The holder who appointed the data collection officer: (a) must not direct the duties of the data collection officer; and (b) must ensure that the data collection officer has no other duties on the nominated boat relating to crewing or manning the boat; and (c) must ensure that the data collection officer works in cooperation with other observers on board the boat.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.