Commentary on provisions of Act Access and licensing: offences and consequential amendments Section 19: Penalties for offences
This section sets out the penalties for licensing offences. This replicates existing offences under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967.
	Subsection (1) provides the penalties for offences under the access and licensing provisions in the Act.
	Subsection (2) allows the court to disqualify persons convicted of access and licensing offences from holding a sea fishing licence for a specified period and to order the forfeiture of fish, and of nets and fishing gear used when the offence was committed.
	Subsection (3) provides that the fines that must be paid by those found guilty of committing certain licensing offences may not exceed the value of the fish that was fished during the activity for which the person had been found guilty.
	Subsection (4) provides that the court may not order both the forfeiture of the fish fished in the course of the offence under subsection (2) and order that a fine be paid under subsection (3) for the same offence.
	Subsection (5) allows for a fine under subsection (3) to be in addition to any other fine for which a person is liable as a result of the same offence.