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Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995
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183 Detaining vessel
(1) [Section 183 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 1997, s. 36, Applied:13 Nov 1997] A fisheries officer may require the master of a vessel which the fisheries officer reasonably believes has been used, is being used or is about to be used in contravention of this Act or a corresponding law–
(a) to bring the vessel to a specified place; and
(b) not to move that vessel from that place until directed by the fisheries officer to do so.
(2) A fisheries officer must direct the master of a vessel to move the vessel within a reasonable period.