Fisheries Act 1996

Offences and penalties - Penalties

259: Rewards to informants

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"Getting a reward for helping catch people who break fishing laws"

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You can get a reward if you tell the authorities something that helps them catch people who break the Fisheries Act 1996. The person in charge, called the chief executive, decides who gets a reward and how much it is. The reward money comes from the government. You get the reward if your information helps find people who break the law. The chief executive can pay you from a special fund set aside by Parliament for this purpose. This fund is used to pay people who help catch lawbreakers.

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Part 13Offences and penalties
Penalties

259Rewards to informants

  1. The chief executive may make such payments as the chief executive thinks fit to any person who has supplied information that has assisted in the detection of offences against this Act.

  2. All payments under subsection (1) shall be made from money from time to time appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

Compare
  • 1983 No 14 s 107E
  • 1986 No 34 s 27(1)