Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995

A fisheries officer may require a person to produce, within a specified period– any record or document, or a copy of any record or document, required to be kept under this Act or a corresponding law; or any document, or a copy of any document, relating to the sale or purchase of fish.

The records or documents that a person may be required to produce under subsection (1) include, but are not limited to including, a record, or document, in writing that reproduces, in a comprehensible form, information in the possession of the person that is stored by an electronic device, object or process.

A fisheries officer may – examine any record or document; and remove any record or document for the purpose of paragraph (c); and take extracts from, or copies of, any record or document by any means.

A person must – provide reasonable facilities and assistance to a fisheries officer exercising any power under this section; and remove any physical or other obstruction which may hinder or prevent a fisheries officer from exercising a power under this section. Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.