4Demerit points

4 Demerit points Schedule 1—Demerit point offences and demerit points Part 1—Offences against Act 1 Sections other than section 70 2 Section 70 (Prescribed fishing activities prohibited)—engaging in a fishing activity of class specified in Schedule 6 of Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 3 Section 70 (Prescribed fishing activities prohibited)—engaging in a fishing activity of class specified in Schedule 7 of Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 Part 2—Offences against regulations 4 Fisheries Management (Abalone Fisheries) Regulations 2017 5 Fisheries Management (Blue Crab Fishery) Regulations 2013 6 Fisheries Management (Charter Boat Fishery) Regulations 2016 7 Fisheries Management (Fish Processors) Regulations 2017 8 Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 9 Fisheries Management (Lakes and Coorong Fishery) Regulations 2024 10 Fisheries Management (Marine Scalefish Fishery) Regulations 2017 11 Fisheries Management (Miscellaneous Fishery) Regulations 2015 12 Fisheries Management (Miscellaneous Broodstock and Seedstock Fishery) Regulations 2025 13 Fisheries Management (Miscellaneous Exploratory and Developmental Fishery) Regulations 2025 14 Fisheries Management (Miscellaneous Research Fishery) Regulations 2025 15 Fisheries Management (Prawn Fisheries) Regulations 2017 16 Fisheries Management (River Fishery) Regulations 2017 17 Fisheries Management (Rock Lobster Fisheries) Regulations 2017 17A Fisheries Management (Sardine Fishery) Regulations 2021 18 Fisheries Management (Vessel Monitoring Scheme) Regulations 2017 19 Fisheries Management (Vongole Fishery) Regulations 2021 Legislative history

1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Management (Demerit Points) Regulations 2017. 3—Interpretation (1) In these regulations— Act means the Fisheries Management Act 2007. (2) The clause headings in Schedule 1 form part of these regulations. 4—Demerit points (1) For the purposes of section 104(1) of the Act— (a) an offence against a provision specified in Schedule 1 is an offence of a prescribed kind and the number of demerit points prescribed in relation to the offence is the number specified for the offence in Schedule 1; and (b) an offence against section 120 of the Act is an offence of a prescribed kind and the number of demerit points prescribed in relation to the offence is the same number as the number specified for the principal offence in Schedule 1. (2) Text set out in italic type under a column headed "Description of offence" in a table in Schedule 1 is a description for convenience purposes only and is not to be taken to define the offence for which a particular number is prescribed as the number of demerit points attracted by the offence.