Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995
126Importation of live fish
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126 Importation of live fish
(1) Unless otherwise authorised, a person must not bring live fish into the State.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.
(2) A person must not sell, buy or possess fish brought into the State in contravention of subsection (1) .
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.
(3) [Section 126 Subsection (3) amended by No. 7 of 2007, s. 36, Applied:30 Apr 2007] It is a defence in proceedings under subsection (2) if the defendant establishes that he or she did not know, or could not have reasonably known, that the fish were brought into the State in contravention of subsection (1) .
(4) This section does not apply to a species of fish prescribed for the purposes of this section.