Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to
subregulation (1a), a licensee or permit holder to whom tags have been
issued shall ensure that, unless an inspector directs otherwise in writing,
all of those tags which have been affixed to designated containers are removed
therefrom by midnight on 31 December of the year in which those tags were
so affixed.
Penalty: $1 000.
(1a) A person shall
not remove a tag from a designated container that contains hatchery produced
pearl oysters or pearl oysters collected from a spat collector until all pearl
oysters in that container exceed the minimum length.
(2) A person who
removes a tag from a designated container shall render the tag incapable of
being used again under these regulations.
Penalty: $1 000.
[Regulation 30 amended in Gazette
17 Dec 1999 p. 6210.]
[Heading inserted in Gazette 17 Dec 1999
p. 6211.]