32Float must be attached to fishing gear

32 Float must be attached to fishing gear (1) Subregulation (2) applies to a person who is using any of the following fishing gear: (a) a drop line or demersal long-line, other than a line attached to a vessel; (b) a pot, other than a pot being used to fish for mud crabs; Fisheries Regulations 1992 27 (c) a fish-trap; (d) an amateur drag net. See the Mud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 for requirements applicable to pots used to fish for mud crabs. (2) The person commits an offence if at any time while the fishing gear is in use: (a) a complying float is not attached to the gear; or (b) the float is not above water level. (3) Subregulation (4) applies to a person using a net, other than an amateur drag net, cast net or scoop net. (4) The person commits an offence if at any time while the net is in use: (a) a complying float is not attached to the middle of the headrope of the net; and (b) a complying float is not attached to each end of the headrope of the net. complying float, for an item of fishing gear, means a float that: (a) if the gear is not being used under a licence – is at least 80 mm in diameter and length; and (b) is marked legibly and indelibly with the following information, in a way that allows the information to be easily read when the gear is in use: (i) if the gear is being used under a licence – the licence number in Arabic numerals and no other numbers; (ii) otherwise – the first and last name of the person using the gear. Example for paragraph (b) The information may be marked by incising the float or by painting it with waterproof paint. Fisheries Regulations 1992 28