Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 38B

38B .         Possession and sale of parts of deep sea crabs

                A person must not possess or sell a part only of a deep sea crab unless —

            (a)         authorised to do so under a fish processor’s licence, and the part is a part of a whole deep sea crab which was processed at the place specified in the licence as the place at which fish are to be processed; or

            (b)         the part was purchased from the place specified in a fish processor’s licence as the place at which deep sea crabs are to be processed, and the person has a receipt detailing that purchase; or

            (c)         the part is —

                  (i)         being consumed; or

                  (ii)         prepared, or being prepared, for immediate consumption.

        Penalty: In the case of an individual, $5 000 or, in the case of a body corporate, $10 000 and, in either case, the penalty provided in section 222 of the Act.

        [Regulation 38B inserted: Gazette 21 Dec 1999 p. 6407; amended: Gazette 4 Nov 2005 p. 5311.]