Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 144G

144G .         Approval for transport of pearl oysters

        (1)         The CEO may, in writing, approve the transport of pearl oysters if —

            (a)         an approved fish pathologist has tested, in accordance with regulation 144F, a sample of those pearl oysters; and

            (b)         the fish pathologist —

                  (i)         is not satisfied of the matters referred to in regulation 144F(1)(a) because of the presence of oyster oedema disease in the sample; or

                  (ii)         is not satisfied of the matters referred to in regulation 144F(1)(b) because of the presence of oyster oedema disease among pearl oysters at the hatchery, quarantine site or other place where the pearl oysters are being held, in the preceding 12 months.

        (2)         An approval to transport remains in force for 2 weeks from the day on which it was given unless, before then, it ceases to be in force under regulation 144K.

        [Regulation 144G inserted: Gazette 24 Sep 2013 p. 4446.]