Fisheries (Processing and Handling) Rules 2021
26Completing fish dispatch dockets
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26 Completing fish dispatch dockets
(1) The holder of a fish processing licence must complete a fish dispatch docket before any abalone, rock lobster or giant crab leaves the immediate proximity of the processing premises.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(2) The holder of a handling licence must complete a fish dispatch docket 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.
(3) Subrules (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of any abalone, rock lobster or giant crab sold by retail to the public.
(4) The holder of a licence must –
(a) ensure that the green sheet of the completed fish dispatch docket is received by the Secretary within 7 days after the docket was completed; and
(b) deliver the completed white sheet of the docket with the abalone, rock lobster or giant crab to the person receiving the abalone, rock lobster or giant crab.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(5) It is a defence to any proceedings under subrule (4)(a) for the holder of a licence to prove that the green sheet of the completed fish dispatch docket was posted to the Secretary within 6 days the holder of the licence received the abalone, rock lobster or giant crab.
(6) A person who drives a vehicle that transports abalone, rock lobster or giant crab from processing premises, or any other place specified as a storage location as a condition of a fish processing licence, must ensure that the white sheet of the completed fish dispatch docket accompanies the abalone, rock lobster or giant crab to which the fish dispatch docket relates.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
(7) A person who drives a vehicle that transports rock lobster or giant crab from a place where the holder of a handling licence is required to complete a fish dispatch docket under subrule (2) must ensure that the white sheet of the completed fish dispatch docket accompanies the rock lobster or giant crab to which the fish dispatch docket relates.
Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.