Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020
sec.66Dealing with particular fish for non-commercial purposes
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sec.66 Dealing with particular fish for non-commercial purposes
This section applies in relation to a fish of a relevant species that has, at all times, been lawfully obtained and kept, other than under an animal authority. A person may carry out any of the following activities in relation to the fish for a purpose other than a commercial purpose— keep the fish; buy, accept or receive the fish; sell or give away the fish; if the fish is sold or given away—move the fish from the place where the fish was kept before the fish was sold or given away to the place where the person who bought, accepted or received the fish intends to keep it. In this section— relevant species means each of the following species of fish— Daintree rainbowfish ( Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus ); Elizabeth Springs goby ( Chlamydogobius micropterus ); Flinders Ranges mogurnda ( Mogurnda clivicola ); Oxleyan pygmy perch ( Nannoperca oxleyana ). s 66 amd 2021 SL No. 165 s 6 sub 2023 SL No. 77 s 6 ; 2024 SL No. 196 s 18 (sec.66-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a fish of a relevant species that has, at all times, been lawfully obtained and kept, other than under an animal authority. (sec.66-ssec.2) A person may carry out any of the following activities in relation to the fish for a purpose other than a commercial purpose— keep the fish; buy, accept or receive the fish; sell or give away the fish; if the fish is sold or given away—move the fish from the place where the fish was kept before the fish was sold or given away to the place where the person who bought, accepted or received the fish intends to keep it. (sec.66-ssec.3) In this section— relevant species means each of the following species of fish— Daintree rainbowfish ( Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus ); Elizabeth Springs goby ( Chlamydogobius micropterus ); Flinders Ranges mogurnda ( Mogurnda clivicola ); Oxleyan pygmy perch ( Nannoperca oxleyana ).
- (a) keep the fish;
- (b) buy, accept or receive the fish;
- (c) sell or give away the fish;
- (d) if the fish is sold or given away—move the fish from the place where the fish was kept before the fish was sold or given away to the place where the person who bought, accepted or received the fish intends to keep it.
- (a) Daintree rainbowfish ( Cairnsichthys bitaeniatus );
- (b) Elizabeth Springs goby ( Chlamydogobius micropterus );
- (c) Flinders Ranges mogurnda ( Mogurnda clivicola );
- (d) Oxleyan pygmy perch ( Nannoperca oxleyana ).