Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PEARLING (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 44S

44S .         Restrictions on spat which may be taken under a hatchery (nursery) licence

        (1)         This regulation is prescribed under section 26(2)(a) of the Act as a condition in respect of a licensee or permit holder who holds a hatchery (nursery) licence or permit.

        (2)         Unless otherwise approved a licensee or permit holder may only take spat under a hatchery (nursery) licence or permit if the pearl oyster — 

            (a)         is collected from a spat collector located on a pearl oyster farm (other than on a nursery site or quarantine site) operated by that licensee or permit holder and is not more than 80 mm in length;

            (b)         is — 

                  (i)         collected from any other spat collector; and

                  (ii)         is not more than 40 mm in length at the time it is taken;

                or

            (c)         is obtained from a hatchery or under regulation 44T(2)(b) and is not more than — 

                  (i)         12 months old; and

                  (ii)         40 mm in length,

                at the time it is taken.

        [Regulation 44S inserted in Gazette 17 Dec 1999 p. 6222.]