Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries) Regulation 2019
sch.7A-sec.46Restriction on trapping times
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sch.7A-sec.46 Restriction on trapping times
This section applies to an eel trap or a round eel trap in waters in the fishery area, other than waters— in a privately owned impoundment; or to which the public does not have access. waters in a balancing storage, including, for example, the Bullyard Creek Balancing Storage The trap must not be used on— an ordinary weekend from 9a.m. on Saturday to 4p.m. on Sunday; or a long weekend from 9a.m. on the first day of the long weekend to 4p.m. on the last day of the long weekend. However, the trap may remain in the water if it is not baited and its pocket is open. In this section— long weekend means any period of 3 or 4 days, including, for example, Easter, made up of a weekend and 1 or 2 public holidays immediately before or immediately after the weekend. ordinary weekend means a weekend other than a long weekend. sch 7A s 46 ins 2020 SL No. 236 s 169 (sch.7A-sec.46-ssec.1) This section applies to an eel trap or a round eel trap in waters in the fishery area, other than waters— in a privately owned impoundment; or to which the public does not have access. waters in a balancing storage, including, for example, the Bullyard Creek Balancing Storage (sch.7A-sec.46-ssec.2) The trap must not be used on— an ordinary weekend from 9a.m. on Saturday to 4p.m. on Sunday; or a long weekend from 9a.m. on the first day of the long weekend to 4p.m. on the last day of the long weekend. (sch.7A-sec.46-ssec.3) However, the trap may remain in the water if it is not baited and its pocket is open. (sch.7A-sec.46-ssec.4) In this section— long weekend means any period of 3 or 4 days, including, for example, Easter, made up of a weekend and 1 or 2 public holidays immediately before or immediately after the weekend. ordinary weekend means a weekend other than a long weekend.
- (a) in a privately owned impoundment; or
- (b) to which the public does not have access. Example for paragraph (b) — waters in a balancing storage, including, for example, the Bullyard Creek Balancing Storage
- (a) an ordinary weekend from 9a.m. on Saturday to 4p.m. on Sunday; or
- (b) a long weekend from 9a.m. on the first day of the long weekend to 4p.m. on the last day of the long weekend.