67Application of Fisheries Management Act 1994

67 Application of Fisheries Management Act 1994

67 Application of Fisheries Management Act 1994

(1) Divisions 1–4 of Part 9 (Enforcement) of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 (other than sections 243 and 244)—

(a) apply to and in respect of an authorised officer in the same way as those provisions apply to and in respect of a fisheries officer, and

(b) apply to and in respect of an offence against this Act or the regulations in the same way as they apply to and in respect of a fisheries offence.

(2) In so applying those provisions—

(a) a reference to a fisheries officer is to be read as a reference to an authorised officer, and

(b) a reference to the Minister is to be read as a reference to the relevant Ministers, and

(c) a reference to a fisheries offence is to be read as a reference to an offence against this Act or the regulations, and

(d) a reference to the Director-General includes a reference to the Chief Executive of the Office of Environment and Heritage, and

(e) a reference to a forfeiture offence is to be read as a reference to an offence against this Act or the regulations that is declared by the regulations to be a forfeiture offence, and

(f) a reference to “any waters” or “waters to which this Act applies” is to be read as a reference to waters within the marine estate, and

(g) a reference to Part 7 or 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 is to be read as a reference to Part 5 of this Act, and

(h) a reference to that Act or the regulations under that Act is to be read as a reference to this Act or the regulations under this Act, respectively.

(3) The application of Divisions 1–4 of Part 9 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 under this section is subject to such other modifications as are prescribed by the regulations.

(4) An offence against the provisions so applied is an offence against this Act.