Inland Fisheries Act 1995
92Stopping and searching boat or vehicle
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92 Stopping and searching boat or vehicle
(1) An officer may signal or direct a person apparently in charge of a boat or vehicle –
(a) to stop the boat or vehicle; or
(b) not to move the boat or vehicle for a reasonable period.
(2) A person is not required to comply with a signal or direction under subsection (1) if the person –
(a) reasonably believes that to comply would endanger the person, another person, the boat or vehicle; and
(b) complies with the signal or direction as soon as it is practicable to do so.
(3) An officer may board and search a boat or search a vehicle.