Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995
68Processing fish
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68 Processing fish
[Section 68 Subsection (3) amended by No. 45 of 1997, s. 15, Applied:13 Nov 1997] [Section 68 Substituted by No. 7 of 2007, s. 19, Applied:30 Apr 2007]
(1) A fish processing licence is to specify the places where the fish that it authorises to be processed may be processed.
(2) Under subsection (1) , a place may be specified as –
(a) a place where fish of any kind may be processed; or
(b) a place where only fish of a particular kind may be processed.
(3) The holder of a fish processing licence must not process fish at a place other than the place specified for that purpose in the licence.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.
(4) The holder of a fish processing licence must not –
(a) have, at a place specified in the licence pursuant to subsection (1) , fish that have been taken illegally; or
(b) cause or allow another person to have, at a place specified in the licence pursuant to subsection (1) , fish that have been taken illegally.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.