Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Rules 2021
20Further requirements relating to commercial diver's docket – Part B
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20 Further requirements relating to commercial diver's docket – Part B
(1) This rule applies to the holder of a fishing licence (commercial dive) if the holder of the licence sells or transfers controlled fish of any kind without having first caufed, or in some other way processed, the fish in a fish cauf.
(2) The holder of a fishing licence (commercial dive) to which this rule applies must, at the point of sale of the controlled fish being sold by the holder of the licence –
(a) if the purchaser of the fish is a fish processor – give the fish processor the commercial diver's docket relating to the controlled fish to enable the fish processor to complete Part B(1) of that docket in respect of the fish; or
(b) if the purchaser of the fish is not a fish processor – accurately record the whole weight of the controlled fish being sold in Part B(2) of the commercial diver's docket relating to the fish.
Penalty: Grade 2 penalty.
(3) The holder of a fishing licence (commercial dive) to which this rule applies must ensure that information entered in Part B of a commercial diver’s docket by the holder of the licence pursuant to subrule (2) is recorded in a clear and legible manner on each page of that docket.
Penalty: Grade 2 penalty.
(4) A fish processor who is given a commercial diver's docket by the holder of a fishing licence (commercial dive) under subrule (2) in relation to any controlled fish must –
(a) immediately complete Part B(1) of that docket in respect of the fish; and
(b) on completion of Part B(1), immediately return that docket to the holder of the licence.
Penalty: Grade 1 penalty.