Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The regulations
may specify the maximum quantity of fish of a specified class that a person
may have in possession in specified circumstances (the possession limit ).
(2) A person must not
have in the person’s possession in any such circumstances more than the
possession limit of those fish.
Penalty: As provided in sections 52 and 222.
(3)
Subsection (2) applies irrespective of the period over which the fish
were taken.
(4) It is a defence in
proceedings for an offence against subsection (2) for the person charged
to prove that —
(a) the
fish were taken for a commercial purpose by a person in accordance with an
authorisation;
(b) the
fish were kept, bred, hatched or cultured by the person in accordance with an
aquaculture licence; or
(c) the
person has any other defence prescribed in the regulations.
(5) The regulations
may specify different possession limits for different areas of the State or
different classes of persons.
(6) This
section does not authorise the possession of fish in contravention of any
other provision of this Act.