16Dispatch reports

16 Dispatch reports

(1)  The holder of a fish processing licence must make a dispatch report to the reporting service before any abalone, rock lobster or giant crab leaves the immediate proximity of the processing premises.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(2)  Subrule (1) does not apply in respect of –

(a) any abalone, rock lobster, or giant crab, sold from the processing premises by retail to the public; or

(b) the sale by wholesale to a person within Tasmania of –

(i) 20 abalone or fewer; or

(ii) 20 rock lobster or fewer; or

(iii) 5 giant crab or fewer.

(3)  The holder of a handling licence must make a dispatch report to the reporting service at least 2 hours before any rock lobster or giant crab leaves any place for the purpose of being received by a person other than the holder of the handling licence.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(4)  Subrule (3) does not apply in respect of –

(a) any rock lobster, or giant crab, sold by retail to the public; or

(b) any sale, by wholesale to a person within Tasmania, of –

(i) 20 rock lobster or fewer; or

(ii) 5 giant crab or fewer.