Fisheries Management (Lobster Share Management Plan) Regulation 2000
46Use of fish spikes and other implements
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46 Use of fish spikes and other implements
46 Use of fish spikes and other implements
(1) An endorsement holder must not, while on board a boat being used to take fish in the fishery, use a knife, fish spike, club or similar implement to pierce, impale, beat or otherwise injure any fish or other organism taken in any catch.
(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to the use of a knife to kill or process any fish taken in the catch that are to be retained.
(3) An endorsement holder must not, while on board a boat being used to take fish in the fishery, be in possession of a fish spike, club or similar implement that could be used to pierce, impale, beat or otherwise injure any fish or other organism.
(4) Subclause (3) does not apply to the possession of a knife.
(5) It is a defence to a prosecution of an offence constituted by contravening subclause (3) if the person charged proves that the implement concerned was in his or her possession for a purpose that is not unlawful.
(6) It is a condition of an endorsement that the endorsement holder does not contravene this clause.