Fisheries Act 1994

This section applies to an inspector who may board a boat or enter a vehicle under this division.

The inspector may board an unattended boat or enter an unattended vehicle only if, before boarding the boat or entering the vehicle, the inspector takes reasonable steps to advise the owner or person in control of the boat or vehicle of the inspector’s intention to board the boat or enter the vehicle.

However, the inspector may enter a secured part of an unattended boat or unattended vehicle only if the owner or person in control of the boat or vehicle consents to the entry or the entry is permitted by a warrant.

If the inspector considers it would be more appropriate in the circumstances to do so, the inspector may decide not to board a boat or enter a vehicle and exercise powers under this part from immediately alongside or outside of the boat or vehicle.

An inspector who acts under subsection (4) is taken to have boarded the boat or entered the vehicle for the exercise of powers under this part.