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Fisheries Act 1994
sec.78Prohibited acts about regulated fish
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### sec.78 Prohibited acts about regulated fish
A person must not—
take or possess a regulated fish in contravention of a regulated fish declaration; or
use or sell a regulated fish taken or possessed in contravention of a regulated fish declaration.
A person must not mutilate or disfigure a regulated fish with intent to hide the fact that it is a regulated fish.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
s 78 amd 2006 No. 28 s 32 ; 2020 No. 3 s 97
(sec.78-ssec.1) A person must not— take or possess a regulated fish in contravention of a regulated fish declaration; or use or sell a regulated fish taken or possessed in contravention of a regulated fish declaration.
(sec.78-ssec.2) A person must not mutilate or disfigure a regulated fish with intent to hide the fact that it is a regulated fish. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
- (a) take or possess a regulated fish in contravention of a regulated fish declaration; or
- (b) use or sell a regulated fish taken or possessed in contravention of a regulated fish declaration.