Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 191A

191A .         Powers under Animal Welfare Act 2002 to prevent cruelty to fish

                A fisheries officer may, for the purpose of enforcing regulations made under section 258(1)(va) or (vb), exercise the powers conferred by the Animal Welfare Act 2002 on general inspectors under that Act as if —

            (a)         the fisheries officer was such an inspector; and

            (b)         fish were animals for all purposes under that Act; and

            (c)         an offence under those regulations was an offence under Part 3 of that Act.

        [Section 191A inserted by No. 33 of 2002 s. 96(2); amended by No. 43 of 2011 s. 59.]