New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 275O

275O Ancillary powers

During the period in which a scientific observer has power to observe the relevant fishing activities of a regulated person, the scientific observer may--

(a) board and remain on any boat being used for those relevant fishing activities, and

(b) examine any fishing gear or other equipment being used for those relevant fishing activities, and

(c) examine any equipment on a boat being used for those relevant fishing activities that is capable of providing information that may be collected under the program, and

(d) examine any fish taken during those relevant fishing activities, and

(e) require any person engaged in or assisting with those relevant fishing activities, or on board a boat being used for those relevant fishing activities--

(i) to provide any information about the relevant fishing activities that the scientific observer reasonably requires for the purposes of the scientific observer program, or

(ii) to provide any assistance the scientific observer reasonably requires to exercise his or her functions as a scientific observer, and

(f) exercise any other functions conferred by the regulations.