This case involved a charge of failing to have a revival tank operating as required by a condition of the vessel owner’s fishing licence. The primary defence was that s. 22(7) of the Fishery (General) Regulations requiring compliance with conditions of licences was both outside the scope of the regulation making power granted to the the Minister by Parliament and …
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