196Information requirements

196 Information requirements

(1)  A fisheries officer may require –

(a) any of the following persons to give his or her full name and residential address and details of his or her function:

(i) any person on board a vessel or vehicle in which fish are transported;

(ii) any person in or on premises where fish are processed, stored or located;

(iii) any person whom the fisheries officer reasonably believes is committing or has committed an offence under this Act; and

(b) [Section 196 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 1997, s. 42, Applied:13 Nov 1997] [Section 196 Subsection (1) amended by No. 7 of 2007, s. 45, Applied:30 Apr 2007] a person apparently engaged in a fishing activity, fish processing activity, fish transportation activity or marine farming activity, or an activity that involves receiving fish, to do one or more of the following:

(i) give details of the activity;

(ii) give details of any authorisation or exemption held under this Act or a corresponding law;

(iii) give details of the person's functions;

(iv) state whether the activity is an Aboriginal activity; and

(c) the master of a vessel to give –

(i) details of any licence in respect of the vessel; and

(ii) the full name and residential address of any person on board the vessel; and

(iii) details of the functions of the person.

(2)  [Section 196 Subsection (2) amended by No. 45 of 1997, s. 42, Applied:13 Nov 1997] A fisheries officer may require any person to give information about that person's or another person's activities in respect of any matter under this Act or a corresponding law.