Zones
17 Zones
Subject to this Act, a person must not contravene a provision of the regulations prohibiting or restricting activities within a zone of a marine park. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $100 000 or imprisonment for
2 years.
If the circumstances of an alleged offence against subsection (1) are constituted by a person undertaking recreational fishing by use of a hand line or rod and line, a prosecution cannot be commenced against the person unless the person had previously been given a warning in the prescribed manner and form by an authorised officer and, in allegedly committing the offence, acted in contravention of that warning.
For the purposes of subsection (2), a certificate executed by an authorised officer certifying as to the giving of a warning specified in the certificate constitutes proof of the matters so certified in the absence of proof to the contrary.
Subsection (2) does not apply if it is alleged that the offence was committed in a restricted access zone.
In this section, hand line,
recreational fishing and rod and line have the same respective meanings as in the Fisheries Management
Act 2007.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
, prescribed manner
). Made under this Act:
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