Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PEARLING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 44B

44B .         Water, air and equipment used in hatchery

        (1)         A licensee or permit holder operating a hatchery shall ensure that the seaward opening of a pipe used for the intake of sea water to be used in the hatchery is located — 

            (a)         at a distance not less than the approved distance; and

            (b)         in the approved direction,

                from the seaward opening of any pipe from which water used in the hatchery is discharged.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         A licensee or permit holder operating a hatchery shall filter or treat —

            (a)         water, air and equipment used in the hatchery; and

            (b)         waste water to be discharged from the hatchery,

                in accordance with the standards set out in Division 2 of Schedule 2 or as directed by an inspector or a stock inspector.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Regulation 44B inserted in Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6216-17.]