334Offence to write on or otherwise alter bin tags

334 Offence to write on or otherwise alter bin tags

(1) A person must not write on or otherwise alter a bin tag.

(2) A person must not possess a bin tag.

(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to any of the following persons who use or possess a bin tag in connection with the possession, control, conveyance, sale, marketing or transport of abalone in accordance with the Act and these Regulations—

(a) the holder of an abalone fishery access licence;

(b) the holder of a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence;

(c) a person who is acting on behalf of the holder of an abalone fishery access licence or a Fish Receiver (Abalone) Licence.

(4) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply to a person who is authorised by the Victorian Fisheries Authority under regulation 335 to possess, write on or otherwise alter a bin tag and who is acting in accordance with that authority.

(5) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person who has held an abalone fishery access licence that has been transferred, cancelled, suspended or has expired and not been renewed, who possesses, controls or conveys bin tags issued or provided to the person while holding the licence.