106Boat licences

106 Boat licences (1) An inspector may require a person to produce the person’s licence or permit if— (a) the person is, or purports to be, the holder of a licence or permit; and (b) the person is operating a boat on a lake or doing anything for which the licence or permit is required. (2) If the person does not have the licence or permit in the person’s possession at the time the requirement is made, the person must produce the licence or permit to an inspector within 24 hours or any longer period approved by the inspector. (3) An inspector may seize a licence or permit that is not current or that the inspector reasonably believes is false. Note Div 9.6 (Dealing with things seized) applies to a thing seized under this

(a) the person is required to produce a licence or permit under (b) the person— (i) fails to produce the licence or permit; or (ii) if subsection (2) applies—fails to produce the licence or permit within the required time. (5) An offence against subsection (4) is a strict liability offence. (6) In this section: licence or permit means a licence or permit (however described) under a law of a State or the Commonwealth that authorises the person to use a boat.