Fisheries Act 1994

This section applies in relation to—

an authority prescribed by regulation as an authority to which this section applies; and

each boat (a relevant boat) prescribed by regulation for the authority for this section.

The holder of, or another person acting under, the authority must ensure—

each relevant boat used under the authority has approved vessel tracking equipment for the boat installed on it, in the way prescribed by regulation; and

the approved vessel tracking equipment is working properly during the periods prescribed by regulation.

A person must not interfere with the operation of approved vessel tracking equipment installed on a relevant boat.Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.

A regulation may prescribe requirements that apply if the approved vessel tracking equipment installed on a relevant boat is malfunctioning during a period mentioned in subsection (2)(b).

If the requirements prescribed under subsection (4) are complied with for a relevant boat on which approved vessel tracking equipment is malfunctioning, the holder or other person who is required to comply with subsection (2)(b) in relation to the boat is taken to have complied with the subsection.

In this section—malfunction, of approved vessel tracking equipment, means a failure of the equipment—

to work entirely; or

to send details of the location of the boat on which it is installed to the chief executive at the intervals stated in the approval for the equipment.