121Use or possession of hand-held spear not permitted in certain waters

121 Use or possession of hand-held spear not permitted in certain waters

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

(2) A person must not use or possess a hand-held spear in or on the waters of Corner Inlet, Curdies Inlet, the North Arm of the Gippsland Lakes, Lake Tyers, Mallacoota Inlet, Sydenham Inlet, Swan Bay, Tamboon Inlet or Wingan Inlet.

(3) A person must not use or possess a hand-held spear 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 hand-held spear in or on the waters of Corner Inlet east of a line from the mean high water mark on the most northerly point of Entrance Point (on Wilsons Promontory) to the most westerly part of Little Snake Island at the mean high water mark then following the coastline of Little Snake Island generally north and then east to a point directly south of the Long Jetty at Port Welshpool and then on a north-south line to the end of that jetty and along that jetty to the shore; or

(b) possesses a hand-held spear 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 hand-held spear is permitted.