{"id":"pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-regulations-1993","name":"Pearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993","slug":"pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-re","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179224,"registerId":"wa-pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-regulations-1993-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nPEARLING ACT 1990\n\nPearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993\n\nWestern Australia\n\nPearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Interpretation 1\n\n3. Application of regulations to pearl oyster fishery 1\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 2\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nPEARLING ACT 1990\n\nPearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\nThese regulations may be cited as the *Pearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993*.\n\n##### 2. Interpretation\n\nIn these regulations the **“Joint Authority pearl oyster fishery”** means the fishery to which the arrangement made by the State with the Commonwealth under Part IIA of the *Fisheries Act 1905* and published in the *Commonwealth of Australia Gazette* of 20 March 1991 applies.\n\n##### 3. Application of regulations to pearl oyster fishery\n\nThe *Pearling (General) Regulations 1991* as in force at 1 July 1994 apply to the Joint Authority pearl oyster fishery.\n\n[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 28 June 1994 p.3015; 1 November 1994 p.5583.]\n\nNotes\n\n1. This is a compilation of the *Pearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993* and includes the amendments referred to in the following Table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Pearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993* | 19 Oct 1993 p. 5751 | 19 Oct 1993 |\n| *Pearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Amendment Regulations 1994* | 28 Jun 1994 p. 3015 | 28 Jun 1994 |\n| *Pearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1994* | 1 Nov 1994 p. 5583 | 1 Nov 1994 |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose: applying existing pearling regulations to a specific joint authority fishery. No scope creep detected."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 3 substantive provisions","Single defined term ('Joint Authority pearl oyster fishery')","One cross-reference to external legislation (Fisheries Act 1905 and Pearling (General) Regulations 1991)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward declaratory structure ('X applies to Y')","Temporal limitation creates minor complexity (applying regulations 'as in force at 1 July 1994' rather than current version)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short Western Australian regulation that extends existing pearling rules to a specific shared fishery.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Takes the *Pearling (General) Regulations 1991* (the main rules for pearling in WA) and applies them to the \"Joint Authority pearl oyster fishery\"\n- This fishery is managed jointly by Western Australia and the Commonwealth (federal) government under an arrangement made in 1991\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Pearl farmers and operators working in the specific pearl oyster fishery that crosses state and federal waters\n- Anyone holding licences or permits in this joint-managed area\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this regulation, the joint fishery would operate in a legal grey area. The regulation ensures that standard pearling rules (safety, environmental protection, licensing requirements) apply consistently whether you're operating in state waters, federal waters, or this shared zone. It prevents a regulatory gap where operators could potentially avoid oversight by operating in the joint area.\n\n**Key detail:**\nThe regulation specifically applies the 1991 rules **as they existed on 1 July 1994** (not as updated since then), which was later amended by two sets of changes in 1994."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Document as a whole","severity":"high","reasoning":"The submission purports to be the Pearling (Application of Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery) Regulations 1993, but the entire body of the document is a 404-style error message stating the page 'is no longer available on this website.' No operative provisions, definitions, schedules, or regulatory text of any kind are present. Analysing this as legislation would itself be a logical absurdity.","confidence":0.99,"description":"The legislation provided for analysis does not exist in the submitted text — only an error page, metadata headers, and an Acknowledgement of Country are present. There is no actual legislative content to analyse."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Document headers (repeated)","severity":"low","reasoning":"Each heading level duplicates itself verbatim (e.g., 'Unknown URL Unknown URL' as both an H2 and an H1), creating a recursive heading structure that references nothing. While likely a rendering artefact, as a document purporting to be legislation it is self-referentially empty — a heading about headings about nothing.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The document contains four identical or near-identical heading pairs ('Western Australian Legislation Western Australian Legislation', 'Unknown URL Unknown URL') nested recursively, suggesting structural self-reference with no substantive content beneath any of them."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Title vs. body","severity":"high","reasoning":"Regulations by definition must contain operative provisions to have legal effect. A regulation whose entire body is an error message cannot apply any parent instrument to any fishery. Any person or authority purporting to rely on or comply with these regulations is working from a legally void document, making compliance literally impossible from this source.","confidence":0.97,"description":"The regulation title references two specific, operative instruments — the Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 and a Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery — implying substantive application provisions exist, yet the body contains zero operative text. A regulation that applies nothing to nothing is an impossible compliance scenario."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"high","section_a":"Document title ('Pearling...Regulations 1993')","section_b":"Body content ('The following page...is no longer available')","confidence":0.98,"description":"The title asserts the existence of a valid, named statutory instrument; the body of the document expressly denies that any such content exists at this location. The document simultaneously claims to be legislation and admits it is not."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument expands the scope of the Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to include the Joint Authority pearl oyster fishery (definition in reg 2) and specifies that the version applied is that in force on 1 July 1994 (reg 3). Concretely, operators in that fishery become subject to the licensing, compliance and enforcement regime of the 1991 regulations as of that date; later amendments to the general regulations do not automatically apply unless separately adopted."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, single-purpose instrument (only applies existing regulations to a named fishery).","Cross-references to external instruments: Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 and the State–Commonwealth arrangement under the Fisheries Act 1905 (reg 2–3).","Temporal fixation: applies the 1991 regulations as in force on a specific date (1 July 1994), which requires checking historical versions.","Narrow scope (affects only the Joint Authority pearl oyster fishery), reducing interpretive complexity.","Amendment and commencement history in compilation table requires attention to which amendments altered operation (administrative complexity).","Substantive enforcement powers and obligations are contained in the referenced general regulations, not in this instrument, so understanding full effect requires consulting those external regulations."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations apply the Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to the Joint Authority pearl oyster fishery created by the State–Commonwealth arrangement under the Fisheries Act 1905. The 1991 rules apply as they existed on 1 July 1994. That subjects operators in the Joint Authority fishery to the existing licensing, compliance and enforcement regime in the general regulations; it imposes compliance costs on those operators and gives regulators the power to enforce those rules (regs 2–3)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the title, the regulation appears to serve a narrow, clearly defined purpose: applying existing 1991 regulations to a specific jointly managed fishery. There is no indication of scope creep from the original intent. However, this cannot be confirmed without access to the full text."},"complexity_factors":["The legislation appears to be a simple 'application' instrument — it extends existing rules to a new context rather than creating new substantive law, which is inherently a simpler drafting approach","Joint Authority fisheries involve both Commonwealth and State jurisdiction, which adds a layer of intergovernmental complexity","The underlying Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 (which are incorporated by reference) may themselves contain complex technical provisions around licensing, quotas, or harvesting standards","Full legislative text is unavailable, preventing a thorough complexity assessment — score reflects a conservative estimate based on title and regulatory type"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation applies the existing Pearling (General) Regulations 1991 to the Joint Authority Pearl Oyster Fishery, bringing pearling activity in jointly managed (Commonwealth–State) offshore waters under the same licensing, harvesting and operational rules as the 1991 scheme. It primarily affects pearl oyster licence holders and fisheries regulators by extending established regulatory standards to that specific joint‑management area."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-re","history":"/api/acts/pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-re/history","analysis":"/api/acts/pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-re/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-re/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-re/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/pearling-application-of-pearling-general-regulations-1991-to-joint-authority-pearl-oyster-fishery-re/documents"}}