Power to require production of documents
173 Power to require production of documents
An inspector may require a person to produce for inspection—
a document required to be kept by the person under this Act; or
if the person is engaged in the business of buying or selling fisheries resources by wholesale or retail—a document about the buying or selling of fisheries resources in the person’s possession; or
if a document required to be kept by the person under this Act is stored or recorded by means of a device—a document that is a clear written reproduction of the stored or recorded document.
A person required under this Act to have a document available for immediate inspection must produce it immediately for inspection by the inspector or someone else specified by the inspector, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not producing it.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
In any other case, a person required under this Act to keep a document must produce it immediately, or within a reasonable time allowed by the inspector, for inspection by the inspector or someone else specified by the inspector, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not producing it.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
The inspector may keep the document to make a copy of it.
The inspector must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after making the copy.
For an electronic document, compliance with a requirement under subsection (1) requires the making available or production of a clear written reproduction of the electronic document.
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