120Use or possession of spear gun not permitted in certain waters

120 Use or possession of spear gun not permitted in certain waters

(1) A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on inland waters.

(2) A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on the waters of Anderson Inlet, Corner Inlet, Curdies Inlet, the Gippsland Lakes, Lake Tyers, Mallacoota Inlet, Shallow Inlet, Tamboon Inlet or Wingan Inlet.

(3) A person must not use or possess a spear gun in or on waters that are within 30 metres from any pier, jetty or wharf or the mouth of any creek or river.

(4) This regulation does not apply to a person who—

(a) uses or possesses a spear gun in or on the following waters in the Gippsland Lakes—

(i) the waters within 20 metres of the rocky groynes off Rigby Island;

(ii) the waters within 20 metres of the barriers in Hopetoun Channel situated west of Barrier Landing;

(iii) the waters within 50 metres of any of the compass beacons in Eagle Point Bay;

(iv) the waters of Lake Victoria between the lines running from Wattle Point to Trouser Point and from Waddy Point to Pelican Point; or

(b) possesses a spear gun in a boat that is proceeding by the most direct route to or from a launching point, boat ramp or mooring to waters in which the use of a spear gun is permitted.