Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 No. 186 - REG 7

7.1 After regulation 10AC, insert Records-scallop tags

"10AD. (1) In this regulation:
'AFMA tag' means a tag stamped with the letters 'AFMA' that is required to be
attached to a bag of scallops under a condition of a fishing permit that
authorises the use of a boat for fishing for scallops;
'scallops' means bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae.

"(2) For subsection 92 (2) of the Act, the holder of a fish receiver permit
who receives scallops must:

   (a)  remove the AFMA tag attached to each bag of scallops received; and

   (b)  keep the tag for at least 1 year at the premises where the holder
        keeps the record of scallops received.".