Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations The tests required by
regulation 106(1) to be carried out on a sample of pearl oysters
are —
(a) a
culture of as many pearl oysters as an approved fish pathologist reasonably
requires for testing in Ray’s medium (Ray, S.M., 1966 Proceedings of the
National Shellfisheries Association 54, 55‑66);
(b) a
histological examination of as many formalin‑seawater fixed
pearl oysters as an approved fish pathologist reasonably requires for testing
using haematoxylin and eosin stained longitudinal sections of paraffin
embedded tissue; and
(c) any
other test that the pathologist considers appropriate.
[Regulation 107 inserted in Gazette
17 Dec 1999 p. 6182; amended in Gazette 23 May 2008
p. 1988‑9.]