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TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 - SECT 54C

Demerit points system

  (1)   The regulations may establish a demerit points system under which a licence granted under section   19 may be suspended or revoked if the licensee accrues a prescribed number of demerit points.

  (2)   Demerit points may be accrued only if the licensee:

  (a)   is convicted or found guilty of an offence against section   14 or Division   2 of Part   VI; or

  (b)   under a scheme established under regulations made under section   54B, pays a penalty to the Commonwealth as an alternative to prosecution.

  (3)   Without limiting subsection   (1), the scheme may provide that different provisions apply to different kinds of licensees or to different classes of licensees within a kind of licensee.

 



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