Fisheries Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Jurisdiction and Evidence
59. Evidentiary provision
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director may grant a certificate with respect to any matter referred to in subsection (2).
A certificate granted by the Director stating —
that a licence was issued to an identified person on, or was suspended or cancelled on or with effect from, a date specified in the certificate;
that any licence is or was, on a date specified in the certificate, in force in respect of an identified vessel;
that any condition specified in the certificate is or was, on a date or during the period so specified, a condition of a licence;
that an identified vessel is or was, on a date specified in a licence, entitled to fish or conduct any survey or research, at a location so specified;
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that an identified person is or was, on a date specified in the certificate, the owner, master or a member of the crew of a vessel so identified; or
to the effect that the negative of any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) is the case, shall be received in legal proceedings as evidence of that fact.
Terms defined in s 2
fish
Defined · s 2“fish” means any aquatic animal or plant life, whether sedentary or not, and includes all species of fin fish, crustacean, molluscs, aquatic mammals or their eggs or spawn, fry, fingerling, spat or young, but does not include any species of otters, turtles or their eggs;
master
Defined · s 2“master”, in relation to a vessel, includes every person (except a pilot as defined in section 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 having command or charge of the vessel or lawfully acting as the master thereof;
owner
Defined · s 2“owner”, in relation to a vessel, means the person who owns the vessel and includes any charterer, sub-charterer, lessee or sub-lessee of the vessel;
vessel
Defined · s 2“vessel” means any boat, ship or other water-going craft and includes a hovercraft.
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