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FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 16

16 .         Low risk finfish, how to be landed

        (1)         In this regulation —

        low risk finfish means a finfish of a class specified in Schedule 3 —

            (a)         Part 1 Division 3 if it is brought onto land in the Gascoyne Region; or

            (b)         Part 2 Division 3 if it is brought onto land in the Pilbara and Kimberley Region; or

            (c)         Part 3 Division 3 if it is brought onto land in the West Coast Region; or

            (d)         Part 4 Division 3 if it is brought onto land in the South Coast Region.

        (2)         Subject to regulation 16A, a person must not bring onto land a finfish that is a low risk finfish in the region where it is brought onto land unless it is —

            (a)         a whole fish; or

            (b)         a fish trunk or fillet that has the skin attached.

        Penalty: $1 000 and the penalty provided in section 222 of the Act.

        (3)         Subregulation (2) does not apply to, or in respect of —

            (a)         finfish taken for a commercial purpose in accordance with an authorisation; or

            (b)         finfish if it —

                  (i)         was brought by the person onto the mainland following a lawful overnight stay on an island by the person; and

                  (ii)         had been brought onto the island, and kept there while the person stayed there overnight.

        [Regulation 16 inserted in Gazette 4 Nov 2005 p. 5303‑4; amended in Gazette 22 Dec 2005 p. 6217‑18.]



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