Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) In this regulation
and regulation 120 —
carrier boat means a boat used or intended to be
used for transporting fish for commercial purposes that have been taken with
the use of another boat but does not include a tender dinghy to a licensed
fishing boat which —
(a) does
not exceed 6 m in length; and
(b) is
used for carrying fish taken by that boat.
(2) The person having
the day to day control of a carrier boat must ensure that a current carrier
boat licence is in force in respect of the boat.
Penalty: $10 000.
(3) The holder of a
carrier boat licence must ensure that there is legibly painted on both sides
of the hull at the turn of the bow of the boat in respect of which the licence
is in force, the letters “L.C.B.” followed by the licensed carrier
boat number of the boat.
Penalty: $1 000.
(4) The letters and
figures to be painted under subregulation (3) are to be painted in black
on a yellow background and are to be not less than 300 mm in height and not
less than 50 mm in width.
(5) Where a boat is
licensed under both this regulation and regulation 117,
subregulation (3) need not be complied with.
(6) A person must
not —
(a) use
a boat bearing a licensed carrier boat number, or a number which purports to
be such a number; or
(b)
permit or suffer a person to use a boat bearing a licensed carrier boat
number, or a number which purports to be such a number,
unless a current
carrier boat licence is in force in respect of that boat and the number
painted on the boat is the number allocated in respect of the boat.
Penalty: $5 000.
[Regulation 119 amended: Gazette
15 Jan 1999 p. 113.]