After rule 94 of the Principal Rules , the following rule is inserted in Division 2:

94A.     Unauthorised possession of unused dockets

(1)  A person must not have possession of an unused docket unless that docket was issued to the person and the person holds a fishing licence (rock lobster), fish processing licence or handling licence.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(2)  Subrule (1) does not apply to a person who is acting as the agent of another person (the principal) if the unused docket was issued to the principal and the principal holds a fishing licence (rock lobster), fish processing licence or handling licence.

(3)  In this rule –

unused docket means any of the following:

(a) commercial rock lobster quota docket;

(b) commercial rock lobster and giant crab direct sales quota docket;

(c) commercial rock lobster and giant crab sales receipt;

(d) rock lobster catch record;

(e) fish dispatch book;

(f) fish receipt book.