Western Australian Current Regulations

PEARLING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 44J

44J .         Cleaning of boats and equipment

        (1)         If directed to do so by an inspector the master of a boat which is used on a quarantine site shall clean and disinfect the boat, and any equipment used in connection with the transport of pearl oysters, in accordance with the directions of the inspector.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         In deciding whether cleaning and disinfecting is required, and if so how it is to be carried out, an inspector shall have regard to any advice of the Chief Executive Officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister to whom the administration of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 is for the time being committed in the administration of that Act.

        [Regulation 44J inserted: Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6220; amended: Gazette 24 Sep 2013 p. 4387.]