Fish dealers to be registered
37 Fish dealers to be registered
A person commits an offence if—
the person receives, within the period prescribed by regulation, more than the prescribed number of fish; and
the person is not registered as a fish dealer under this Act; and
the person does not receive the fish from a person who is—
registered as a fish dealer under this Act; or
registered or licensed as a fish dealer under a corresponding law.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
This section does not apply to the person if—
the fish are received for retail sale; or
the fish are received for purposes other than sale.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
In this section:
fish does not include oysters.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Fisheries Regulation 2001 · under s 116
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