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LIVING MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 210

Division 2 - Responsibilities of certain persons Liability of master of vessel

(1)  If a person commits an offence under this Act, the master of the vessel on which, or by the use of which, the offence was committed–
(a) is taken to have committed that offence; and
(b) may be proceeded against for that offence whether or not the person is proceeded against for that offence.
(2)  It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) if the defendant establishes that he or she–
(a) did not know the offence had been committed; and
(b) could not reasonably have prevented the commission of the offence; and
(c) took reasonable steps to minimise the impact of the offence on fish and the marine environment.



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