Compulsory monitoring in other circumstances
100L Compulsory monitoring in other circumstances
(1) This regulation applies to the holder of an ONLF licence if the holder has taken fish under the licence during a voyage and either:
(a) intends to unload the fish in a port other than Darwin port or Gove port; or
(b) has on the vessel a fin that is not naturally attached to the body of a shark.
The holder must do the following, as appropriate:
(a) give the Joint Authority at least 3 days notice of the holder's intention to unload at the other port;
(b) notify the Joint Authority of the presence on board the vessel of the unattached fin.
Maximum penalty: 85 penalty units.
(3) Section 38(2)(b) of the Act applies to an offence against subregulation (2).
(4) If notice is received under subregulation (2), the Joint Authority may give the holder a notice requiring the holder to:
(a) permit a specified person to travel as a fishery observer on board the vessel:
for the remainder of the voyage; and
(ii) if the remainder of the voyage lasts less than 7 days – for subsequent voyages until the observer has been on board for at least 7 days; and
(b) within 14 days of the end of each voyage, pay an observer fee of 700 revenue units per day that the observer is on board the vessel.
(5) Subregulation (2) does not apply if the Joint Authority exempts the holder from that subregulation.
(6) The exemption mentioned in subregulation (5) must be in writing and relate to a specified period or voyage.
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