Fisheries Act 1996

Appointment and powers of fishery officers - Power to take copies of documents

206: Power to take copies of documents

You could also call this:

"Fishery officers can copy documents to help them do their job."

When a fishery officer is doing their job under this Act, they can make or take copies of any records or documents. They can take the documents away to make copies, but only for a reasonable amount of time. You might be asked to help the officer make the information in a document usable. If a fishery officer copies documents under this section, they must follow the rules in section 137 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. This means the officer must deal with the copied documents in the same way as that Act says, with a few changes if needed.

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Part 11Appointment and powers of fishery officers
Power to take copies of documents

206Power to take copies of documents

In exercising powers under this Act, a fishery officer may—
make or take copies of any record or document, and for this purpose may take possession of and remove from the place where they are kept any such record or document, for such period of time as is reasonable in the circumstances:
if necessary, require a person to reproduce, or assist the fishery officer to reproduce, in a useable form, information recorded or stored in a document.

Any documents to which section 137 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 applies that are copied by a fishery officer under this section shall be dealt with in accordance with section 137 of that Act, and the provisions of that section, with any necessary modifications, shall apply accordingly.

Compare

1983 No 14 s 79(4)

Notes

Section 206(2): amended, on 1 October 2012, by section 250(6)(a) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).
Section 206(2): amended, on 1 October 2012, by section 250(6)(b) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).