After regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Part 2:

10A.     Securing whitebait nets

(1)  A person must not use a severed limb from a tree or bush, or any part of a severed limb from a tree or bush, to secure a whitebait net to the bank or bed of a river.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 5 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not use the dislodged trunk of a tree or bush, or any part of the dislodged trunk of a tree or bush, to secure a whitebait net to the bank or bed of a river.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 5 penalty units.

(3)  Subregulations (1) and (2) have effect regardless of –

(a) when the severance or dislodgment occurred; or

(b) whether the severance or dislodgment occurred as a result of human intervention or natural causes.

(4)  Nothing in this regulation is to be taken as prohibiting the use of implements containing or consisting of timber that has been legally harvested or imported into the State.

(5)  In this regulation –

dislodged means no longer rooted to the ground;

natural cause includes, but is not limited to, ageing, disease, wind action, flood action, lightning strike and animal activity.