11Securing whitebait nets

11 Securing whitebait nets

(1)  In this regulation –

dislodged, in relation to a bush or the trunk of a tree, means no longer rooted to the ground;

natural causes includes, but is not limited to, ageing, disease, wind action, flood action, lightning strike and animal activity.

(2)  A person must not secure a whitebait net to the bank or bed of a river using any of the following:

(a) a severed limb, or any part of a severed limb, from a tree or bush;

(b) a dislodged bush, or any part of a dislodged bush;

(c) the dislodged trunk of a tree, or any part of the dislodged trunk of a tree.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 5 penalty units.

(3)  Subregulation (2) has effect regardless of –

(a) when the severance or dislodgment occurred; or

(b) whether the severance or dislodgment occurred as a result of human intervention or natural causes.

(4)  Nothing in this regulation is to be taken as prohibiting the use of implements containing or consisting of timber that has been –

(a) legally harvested in the State; or

(b) imported into the State.