Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) A person who uses a rod and line or handline in Victorian waters, at all times that the line is in the water, must remain in a position—
(a) where that rod and line or handline is in sight; and
(b) that is within 50 metres of that rod and line or handline.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who uses a baited line with no hook.