48Provision and custody of docket books

48 Provision and custody of docket books

48 Provision and custody of docket books

(1) A shareholder must ensure that any endorsement holder who is a nominated fisher of the shareholder is provided with a docket book as is required for use during fishing periods.

(2) The possessor of a docket book must not give, sell or lend to another person, or otherwise make available for use by another person the docket book or any part of the docket book.

(3) Subclause (2) does not prevent—

(a) a person from giving a form to a fisheries officer authorised to take possession of the form, or

(b) a shareholder providing a docket book to a nominated fisher of the shareholder, or

(c) a nominated fisher of a shareholder providing a docket book to the shareholder.

(4) A contravention of subclause (2) is an endorsement holder offence.

(5) For the purposes of section 65 of the Act, contravention of subclause (1) is an offence.

(6) In this clause—

possessor of a docket book means the shareholder to whom the docket book was issued or if the shareholder has provided the docket book to a nominated fisher of the shareholder in accordance with this clause, the nominated fisher.