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Fisheries Act 1996

Offences and penalties

235: Knowingly permitting premises to be used for offence against Act

You could also call this:

"Letting someone break fisheries rules on your property is against the law"

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You commit an offence if you knowingly let someone use your premises to break a rule in the Fisheries Act 1996. If you are found guilty, you will get the same penalty as the person who broke the rule. This penalty is outlined in section 252.

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Part 13Offences and penalties

235Knowingly permitting premises to be used for offence against Act

  1. Every person commits an offence who knowingly permits any premises to be used for the commission of an offence against this Act.

  2. Every person convicted of an offence against subsection (1) is liable to the same penalty as that set out in section 252 for the offence for which the premises were used.

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