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FISHERIES REGULATIONS 2019 - REG 120

Use or possession of spear gun not permitted in certain waters

    (1)     A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on inland waters.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on the waters of Anderson Inlet, Corner Inlet, Curdies Inlet, the Gippsland Lakes, Lake Tyers, Mallacoota Inlet, Shallow Inlet, Tamboon Inlet or Wingan Inlet.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (3)     A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on waters that are within 30 metres from any pier, jetty or wharf or the mouth of any creek or river.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (4)     This regulation does not apply to a person who—

        (a)     uses or possesses a spear gun in or on the following waters in the Gippsland Lakes—

              (i)     the waters within 20 metres of the rocky groynes off Rigby Island;

              (ii)     the waters within 20 metres of the barriers in Hopetoun Channel situated west of Barrier Landing;

              (iii)     the waters within 50 metres of any of the compass beacons in Eagle Point Bay;

              (iv)     the waters of Lake Victoria between the lines running from Wattle Point to Trouser Point and from Waddy Point to Pelican Point; or

        (b)     possesses a spear gun in a boat that is proceeding by the most direct route to or from a launching point, boat ramp or mooring to waters in which the use of a spear gun is permitted.



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