Orders against persistent offenders
174 Orders against persistent offenders
This section applies if—
a person is convicted of a serious fisheries offence; and
the person has been convicted of the same, or a different, serious fisheries offence at least 2 other times in the previous 5 years.
If the court convicting the person considers it necessary to stop the person from committing further serious fisheries offences, the court may make an order—
prohibiting the person from carrying out a particular activity relating to fishing; or
Examples of order under paragraph (a)—
• an order prohibiting a person from fishing
• an order prohibiting a person from possessing fishing apparatus
prohibiting the person from carrying out a particular activity relating to fishing except in particular circumstances; or
Example of order under paragraph (b)—
an order prohibiting a person from fishing unless the person uses a boat installed with vessel tracking equipment that is working properly and the details of which have been given to the chief executive
any other order the court considers appropriate.
A person must not contravene an order made under subsection (2).
Maximum penalty—3,000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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