Western Australian Current Regulations

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 64AA

64AA .         No fish taken for recreational purpose to be at certain premises

        (1)         In this regulation —

        commercial premises means premises at which a person engages for a commercial purpose in an activity mentioned in regulation 64(2)(d) to (i);

        exempt business means a business of providing accommodation and meals to the public.

        (2)         A person must not, at commercial premises, be in possession of fish that were taken for a recreational purpose.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual — a fine of $5 000 and the penalty provided in section 222 of the Act;

            (b)         for a body corporate — a fine of $10 000 and the penalty provided in section 222 of the Act.

        (2A)         Subregulation (2) does not apply to or in relation to a fish that is at commercial premises at which an exempt business is conducted.

        (2B)         A person must not cause or permit a fish that was taken by recreational fishing to be brought onto or stored at commercial premises unless —

            (a)         the person conducts an exempt business at the premises; and

        [(b), (c)         deleted]

            (d)         the fish is not stored in a refrigerator, freezer, icebox or other storage container that contains a fish taken for a commercial purpose; and

            (e)         if the fish is a finfish —

                  (i)         the fish, or the package containing it, is labelled in accordance with regulation 22 or 22AA; and

                  (ii)         the person whose name is on the label is staying in accommodation provided by the exempt business.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual — a fine of $5 000 and the penalty provided in section 222 of the Act;

            (b)         for a body corporate — a fine of $10 000 and the penalty provided in section 222 of the Act.

        (3)         For the purposes of subregulation (2) or (2B) fish is to be taken to have been taken for a recreational purpose if no record of the purchase or receipt of the fish has been kept under regulation 64.

        (4)         It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under subregulation (2) for the person charged to prove that the person was in possession of the fish on a part of the premises that is a residence.

        [Regulation 64AA inserted: Gazette 30 May 2014 p. 1716; amended: Gazette 4 Oct 2019 p. 3535‑7; SL 2021/118 r. 18.]

        [Heading inserted: Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4304.]

        [Heading inserted: Gazette 1 Oct 2003 p. 4304.]