Fisheries Act 1996

Recordkeeping, reporting, disposal of fish, and provisions relating to taking and possession of fish for purpose of sale

190: Accounts, records, returns, and other information

You could also call this:

"Keeping track of fishing business information"

The chief executive can ask you to keep extra accounts, records, and information if you are involved in selling fish. You must provide this information in the way the chief executive says. If you do not do this, you can commit an offence and get a penalty as stated in section 252(3). The chief executive can also ask you to give them this information if they need it for a particular case. You have to follow the rules set by the chief executive when keeping and providing this information. If you are referred to in section 189, you may need to keep and provide extra information.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > Farming and fishingBusiness > Industry rules

189: Persons who are required to keep records and returns, or

"Who needs to keep fishing records and reports?"

191: Disposal of fish by commercial fishers, or

"Rules for commercial fishers getting rid of caught fish"

Part 10Recordkeeping, reporting, disposal of fish, and provisions relating to taking and possession of fish for purpose of sale

190Accounts, records, returns, and other information

For the purpose of this Act, the chief executive may, in any particular case or class of cases,—
require accounts, records, returns, and other information additional to those specified in regulations made under this Act to be kept and provided to the chief executive, by any person referred to in section 189; and
specify the manner and form in which such accounts, records, returns, and other information are to be kept and provided.

Every person who fails to comply with a specification of the chief executive under subsection (1)(b) commits an offence and is liable to the penalty specified in section 252(3).

Compare

1983 No 14 s 66
1986 No 34 s 13(1)
1990 No 29 s 33

Notes

Section 190(2): added, on 23 June 1998, by section 19 of the Fisheries (Remedial Issues) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 67).