Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 63A

63A .         Use of berley containing mammal or bird products

        (1)         In this regulation —

        mammal or bird products means blood, flesh, offal or skin from a mammal or from a bird.

        (2)         A person must not, in WA waters, use berley containing mammal or bird products.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000.

        (3)         Subregulation (2) does not apply in respect of berley that is in the form of processed bait pellets.

        (4)         It is a defence in proceedings for an offence against subregulation (2) for the person charged to prove that the mammal or bird product contained in the berley was used, in accordance with the Act, as bait —

            (a)         in a crab drop net, rock lobster pot or other trap or device for trapping fish; or

            (b)         attached to a fish hook.

        [Regulation 63A inserted: Gazette 18 Jun 2013 p. 2296.]