1995 —No. 14 (NSW)

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1995 —No. 14

JUSTICES ACT 1902—REGULATION

(Justices (Short Descriptions of Fisheries Offences) Regulation 1995)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 3 of 13 January 1995]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Justices Act 1902, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

Citation 1. This Regulation may be cited as the Justices (Short Descriptions of

Fisheries Offences) Regulation 1995.

Commencement

2. This Regulation commences on the commencement of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.

Short descriptions of offences

3. (1) For the purposes of section 145B (2) of the Justices Act 1902, the prescribed expression in relation to a summary offence specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 is the expression set out opposite it in Column 2 of the Schedule.

(2) If a choice of words is indicated in Column 2 of the Schedule, the words remaining after the omission of words irrelevant to the offence constitute the prescribed expression.

(3) In this Regulation, a reference to a provision in Schedule 1 in

relation to an offence is a reference to that provision as in force at the
time the offence is alleged to have occurred.

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SCHEDULE l

(Cl. 3)

Column l Column 2
Offence under Fisheries Management Act Prescribed expression
1994

Section 14 (1)—take fish in contravention of a fishing closure

take fish contrary to fishing

closure

Section 14 (2)—be in possession of fish taken in contravention of a fishing

possess fish taken contrary to fishing closure

closure

Section 16 (1 )—have in possession possess prohibited size fish

prohibited size fish

Section 16 (2)—sell prohibited size fish sell prohibited size fish

Section 17 (2)—take on any one day more fish than the daily limit

take more fish than daily

limit

Section 18 (2)—have in possession in specified circumstances more than the

possess more than maximum quantity of fish

maximum quantity of fish

Section 19 (2)—take protected fish take protected fish

Section 19 (3)—have protected fish in possession

possess protected fish

Section 20 (2)—take any fish protected from commercial fishing for sale

take commercial protected fish

for sale

Section 20 (3)—sell any fish protected from commercial fishing

sell commercial protected fish

Section 22 (2)—use unregistered fishing gear of a class which is registrable

use unregistered fishing gear

Section 24 (1)—in absence of regulation

permitting that use, use net or trap for
taking fish

unlawful use of net/trap

Section 25 (1)—be in possession of fishing gear in or on or adjacent to waters, if

possess fishing gear in/on/ adjacent to closed waters

use of fishing gear to take fish from when use of that gear/
those waters is prohibited, or taking fish taking of fish prohibited
from those waters is prohibited

Section 35 (1)—be in possession of fish

taken in contravention of a provision of
or made under the Act

possess fish illegally taken

Section 39 (2)—fail to remove anything on a recognised fishing ground which is

fail to remove obstruction on fishing ground after

obstructing commercial net fishing after direction
being directed by a fisheries officer to
do so

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Section 65 (l)—being a shareholder, contravene a provision of a management

shareholder contravenes

provision of management

plan for a share management fishery Section 65 (1)—shareholder whose

plan

nominee shareholder’s nominee
contravenes a provision of a management contravenes management

plan for a share management fishery Section 87 (4)—without reasonable excuse,

plan

fail to appear/fail to attend

fail to attend when summonsed to appear from day to day at hearing

at a hearing to give evidence or fail to attend from day to day unless excused or released from a summons to appear at a hearing to give evidence

Section 87 (5)—being a person appearing at a hearing to give evidence, without

refuse/fail to comply with requirement to take oath or

reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to make affirmation/answer
comply with requirement to take an oath question/produce document

or make an affirmation, answer a question, or produce a document

Section 88 (2)—without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a notice to

refuse/fail to comply with notice to produce

attend and produce documents documents

Section 102 (1)—take fish for sale from waters to which the Act applies when

take fish for sale when unlicensed

unlicensed

Section 104 (7)—contravene any condition of a commercial fishing licence

contravene condition of commercial fishing licence

Section 107 (1)—being the master of an unlicensed boat, use the boat to take

use unlicensed boat to take fish for sale/land fish

Act applies, or to land fish in New

fish for sale from waters to which the waters

Section 108 (7)—contravene any condition of a boat licence

contravene condition of boat

licence

Section 110 (9)—being the master of a

licensed fishing boat, carry unregistered
crew

carry unregistered crew

Section 117 (1)—being an unregistered fish

receiver, receive fish for resale or other
commercial use from a person the
receiver knows or reasonably suspects to
be a commercial fisher or a person
acting on behalf of such a commercial
fisher

unregistered fish receiver
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Section 118 (7)—being a registered fish receiver, contravene any condition of

contravene condition of fish receiver registration

registration

Section 119 (3)—being a registered fish receiver, refuse or fail, without

as fish receiver, refuse/fail to give information/keep

reasonable excuse, to give information or records
keep records as prescribed
Section 121—being a commercial fisher, fail to make catch record

fail to make a record as prescribed of all fish taken by the commercial fisher

Section 122—being a commercial fisher, fail to send catch record to
fail to send a copy of catch record to Director

the Director within prescribed period Section 123 (1)

(a)—being a person who

fail to deliver record of sale

sells fish, fail to make and deliver to to purchaser
the purchaser on or before the sale a
prescribed record of the sale

Section 123 (1) (b)—being a person who sells fish, fail to retain a copy of the

fail to retain record of sale for 12 months

prescribed record of sale for 12 months

after the sale

Section 123 (1) (c)—being a person who fail to produce record of sale

sells fish, fail, during a 12 month period, to produce a copy of the prescribed record of sale when requested

to do so by a fisheries officer

Section 123 (2) (a) (i)—being a person who sells fish, fail to make, before the

fail to make record of

possession

sale, a prescribed record concerning the

possession by the person of the fish

Section 123 (2) (a) (ii)—being a person who sells fish, fail to obtain, on or

fail to obtain record of possession

before the sale, from any other person
from whom the person acquired the fish,
a prescribed record concerning the

possession by the person of the fish

Section 123 (2) (b)—being a person who sells fish, fail to retain a prescribed

fail to retain record of possession for 12 months

record concerning the possession by the
person of the fish for 12 months after

sale

Section 123 (2) (c)—being a person who sells fish, fail, during a 12 month

as seller, fail to produce record of possession

period, to produce a prescribed record
concerning the possession by the person
of the fish when requested to do so by
a fisheries officer

Section 123 (3)—being a person in possession of a prescribed quantity of fail to produce record of possession

fish, fail to produce a prescribed record concerning the possession by the person of the fish when requested to do so by a fisheries officer

Section 124—make an entry in a fish record, or copy, knowing that the entry

make false/misleading entry in fish record

is false or misleading

Section 144 (1)—undertake aquaculture without an aquaculture permit

undertake aquaculture without

permit

Section 152 (3)—contravene a condition of an aquaculture permit contravene condition of aquaculture permit
Section 155—being the holder of an aquaculture permit, fail to give Minister, fail to notify change in particulars by lessee

within 28 days after a change in the business address of the permit holder, any director of the body corporate or any other prescribed matter, particulars of that change

Section 170 (3)—erect fence on a leased area otherwise than in accordance with

fence leased area without authority

an authority of the Minister or a

condition of such authority

Section 171 (3)—being a former lessee of an expired lease, fail without reasonable

fail to remove improvements on expired lease

excuse when required by the Minister

within 1 year after the termination of a
lease to remove improvements on the
lease within the period notified

Section 179 (1) (a)—remove, or in any way injure or interfere with, any fish

remove/injure/interfere with

or fish or vegetation within
marine vegetation cultivated within a leased area/thing used for
leased area or any thing used for the aquaculture on leased area
purpose of aquaculture on a leased area
without the consent of the lessee

Section 179 (1) (b)—deposit anything on a leased area or dredge or dig within a

deposit thing od/dredge/dig within leased area without

leased area without the direction or authority

authority of the lessee or the Minister Section 183 (5)—without reasonable excuse,.

contravene quarantine order

contravene provision of an order

declaring a quarantine area

Section 184—intentionally or recklessly communicate a declared disease to live

intentionally/recklessly communicate a disease to

fish or marine vegetation live fish/vegetation

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Section 185—sell any fish or marine vegetation (whether live or dead)

sell infected fish/marine vegetation

knowing or with reason to suspect that

it is infected with a declared disease

Section 186—deposit in any waters any fish or marine vegetation (whether live

deposit infected fish/marine vegetation

or dead) knowing or with reason to
suspect that it is infected with a

declared disease

Section 190 (2)—take oysters from any public water land without authority

take oysters without authority

Section 200 (1)—being a local government authority, carry out dredging or

local government authority dredging/reclaiming without

reclamation work in any waters without permit
a permit

Section 201 (1)—carry out dredging or reclamation work in any waters without

carry out dredging/reclamation work without permit

a permit

Section 205—cut, remove, damage or destroy marine vegetation on public

cut/remove/damage/destroy marine vegetation on public

water land or aquaculture lease, or on water land/aquaculture
the foreshore of any such land or lease lease/foreshore without
without a permit permit

Section 206 (1)—damage gravel beds in any waters knowing that it is a place

damage gravel beds where salmon/trout spawn/are

where salmon or trout spawn or are likely to spawn
likely to spawn

Section 207 (2)—wilfully take or disturb salmon, trout or other prescribed fish

take/disturb salmon/trout prescribed fish while

knowing that they are spawning or are spawning/on or near
on or near their spawning beds spawning beds

Section 210 (1)—sell live noxious fish without a permit

sell live noxious fish without

permit

Section 211 (1 )—possess live noxious fish without a permit issued by the Minister

possess live noxious fish without permit

or an aquaculture permit

Section 2 16 (l )—release live fish into any waters without a permit

release live fish without

permit

Section 217 (1 )—bring into New South Wales without a permit live fish of a

import live fish without

permit

species not taken from New South Wales

waters

Section 217 (2)—sell, buy or have sell/buy/possess live fish
possession of fish knowing that the fish imported without permit
has been brought into New South Wales
in contravention of this section

Section 219 (1)—set a net, netting or other material or otherwise create an

obstruct fish in bay/inlet/river/

creek/flat

obstruction across or within a bay, inlet, river or creek or across or around a flat so that fish will or could be blocked

and left stranded or immature fish will
or could be destroyed or the free
passage of fish will or could be

obstructed

Section 247 (1)—without reasonable excuse, resist/obstruct fisheries officer

resist or obstruct a fisheries officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions

Section 247 (2)—assault, abuse or threaten a fisheries officer

assauIt/abuse/threaten fisheries

officer

Section 247 (2)—encourage another person to assault, abuse or threaten a fisheries

encourage person to assault/ abuse/threaten fisheries

officer officer
Section 247 (3)—impersonate a fisheries impersonate fisheries officer

officer

Section 248 (4)—being a master of a boat, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply

fail to assist in boarding and search of boat

with a requirement of a fisheries officer
under this section relating to assisting
the officer to board the boat for the
purposes of a search, and to take the

boat to a specified place

Section 249 (3)—without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement of a

fail to comply with requirement to remove gear

fisheries officer under this section from water
relating to removing fishing gear from
the water

Section 251 (2)—being a person in control of a vehicle, fail to comply with a

fail to comply with requirement to move

requirement of a fisheries officer to take vehicle for search
the vehicle to a specified place for the
purpose of a search if it is not
reasonably practicable to carry out the
search where the vehicle is stopped

Section 256 (4)—fail to comply with a requirement of a fisheries officer under

fail to comply with requirement to produce

this section to produce records and records/answer questions
answer questions relating to commercial
fishing activities and fish receivers

Section 257 (4)—without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement of a

fail to comply with requirement to produce

fisheries officer under this section to authority
produce for inspection appropriate fishing
authority
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Section 258 (2)—without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement of a

fail to comply with

requirement to provide

fisheries officer under this section to information
provide information

Section 259 (1)—make any statement, provide any information or produce any

make statement/provide information/produce

document in connection with a document that is false/
requirement under Part 9 that the person misleading
knows is false or misleading in a
material particular

Offences under Fisheries Management

(General) Regulation 1995

Clause 65 (1) (a)—not being a commercial fisher, take or attempt to take fish in

set/use/lift more than 4 hand

lines

any waters (other than inland waters) by
setting, using or lifting more than 4

hand held lines

Clause 65 (1) (b)—not being a commercial fisher, take or attempt to take fish in

set/use/lift hand line with more than 3 hooks/3 gangs

any waters (other than inland waters) by of hooks
setting, using or lifting any hand held
line with more than 3 hooks or 3 gangs
of hooks attached

Clause 65 (1) (b)—not being a commercial fisher, take or attempt to take fish in

set/use/lift hand line with more than 3 treble hooks

any waters (other than inland waters) by on lure
setting, using or lifting any hand held
line with more than 3 treble hooks
attached to a lure

Clause 65 (1) (c)—not being a commercial fisher, take or attempt to take fish in

set/use/lift hand line with more than 5 ganged hooks

any waters (other than inland waters) by
setting, using or lifting any hand held
line with a gang of hooks which

comprises more than 5 hooks attached

Clause 65 (3) (a)—being a commercial fisher, take or attempt to take fish in

set/use/lift more than 10 set

lines

any Ocean waters or estuarine waters by setting, using or lifting more than 10 set lines

Clause 65 (3) (b)—being a commercial fisher, take or attempt to take fish in set/use/lift set line with more than 6 hooks

any Ocean waters or estuarine waters by setting, using or lifting any set line with more than 6 hooks attached

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Clause 65 (6)—for the purpose of taking fish (other than salmon or trout), set,

set/use/lift set line/hand line

when unauthorised

use or lift in any inland waters a set
line or hand held line, except as

permitted by this subclause

Clause 66 (1)—leave hand held line leave hand line unattended

unattended when taking or attempting to

take fish from any inland waters

Clause 67 (1) (a)—being a commercial fisher, take fish in any waters (other set/use/lift drift line with more than l hook

than inland waters) by setting, using or lifting a drift line to which is attached more than 1 hook, unless each hook is part of a gang of hooks

Clause 67 (1) (b)—being a commercial fisher, take fish in any waters (other

set/use/lift drift line with

more than 1 gang of hooks

than inland waters) by setting, using or lifting a drift line to which is attached more than 1 gang of hooks

Clause 67 (1) (c)—being a commercial fisher, take fish in any waters (other

set/use/lift drift line with gang

of more than 5 hooks

than inland waters) by setting, using or
lifting a drift line to which is attached a
gang of hooks comprising more than 5

hooks

Clause 67 (1) (d)—being a commercial fisher, take fish in any waters (other

set/use/lift drift line with

another drift line attached

than inland waters) by setting, using or lifting a drift line to which is attached another drift line

Clause 67 (2)—being a commercial fisher, take fish in any waters (other than

set/use/lift more than 30 drift

lines

inland waters) by setting, using or lifting

more than 30 drift lines

Clause 67 (3)—being a commercial fisher, take fish in any inland waters by setting,

as

commercial

fisher,

set/use/lift

lift drift line in inland

using or lifting a drift line waters

Clause 67 (4)—not king a commercial fisher, take fish in any waters by setting,

as recreational fisher, set/use/

lift drift line in any waters

using or lifting a drift line

Clause 68 (1)—place or set any net or other fishing gear, or use or lift any set

place/set/use/lift fishing gear not properly identified

net or other set fishing gear, in or on
any waters, unless the net or gear is
identified in accordance with subclause
(2) or (3)

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Clause 69 (1 )—take or attempt to take fish by any method while using any

take/attempt to take fish while

scuba diving

apparatus capable of supplying air to

facilitate breathing underwater

Clause 70 (1 ) (a)—use a spear gun to take fish in inland waters

use spear gun in inland

waters

Clause 70 (1) (b)—use a spear gun to take fish in any of the waters described in

use spear gun in Schedule 4

waters

Schedule 4

Clause 70 ( 1) (c)—use a spear gun aided by lights to take fish in any waters

use spear gun aided by lights

Clause 71 (l )—take or attempt to take fish in any waters by means of a firm

take/attempt to take fish by

firearm

Clause 72 (1)—take or attempt to take rock lobster by any method other than by

take/attempt to take lobster other than by hand

hand picking (whether or not while

wearing a glove)

Clause 73 (1)—take or attempt to take any yabby (pink nippers), squirt worms,

take/attempt to take intertidal invertebrate by unauthorised

blood worms, beach worms, pipis or any method

other intertidal invertebrate from a rock platform by any method other than use of a single blade knife with a blade

longer than it is wide, or from any
other place by any method other than
the methods prescribed by paragraphs (a)
to (e)

Clause 74 (1)—being a recreational fisher, take or attempt to take shellfish by

as recreational fisher, take/ attempt to take shellfish by

means of a dredge or similar device Clause 74 (2)—being a commercial fisher,

dredge

take/attempt to take shellfish

take or attempt to take shellfish by by dredge from non-ocean
means of a dredge or similar device waters
from any waters (other than ocean
waters) unless authorised to do so by a
permit
Clause 74 (3)—being a commercial fisher, take or attempt to take shellfish by take/attempt to take shellfish with oversize dredge

means of a dredge if the overall width of the dredge (or the overall width of any combined dredges joined together) exceeds 3.5 metres

Clause 74 (4)—being a commercial fisher, take or attempt to take shellfish by take/attempt to take shellfish by more than l dredge

means of more than l dredge or similar device, or more than one combination of dredges or similar devices, from a boat

at any one time

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Clause 75 (2)—take or attempt to take fish by the method of jagging

take/attempt to take fish by

jagging

Clause 76 (1)—take or attempt to take Atlantic salmon or trout from any waters

take/attempt to take salmon/ trout from waters by

(other than the backed up waters of a unauthorised method
dam or an impoundment) by any method
other than the use of a single rod and
line with not more than 2 hooks
attached, or 3 treble hooks, or 3 double
hooks, attached to a lure

Clause 76 (2)—take or attempt to take Atlantic salmon or trout from the backed

take/attempt to take salmon/ trout from dam/

up waters of a dam or an impoundment impoundment by
by any method other than the use of not unauthorised method

more than 2 rods and lines, each with not more than 2 hooks attached, or 3 treble hooks, or 3 double hooks, attached

to a lure

Clause 76 (3)—use a light to take Atlantic salmon or trout

use light to take salmon/trout

Clause 77—take or attempt to take in any waters blue, brown or red groper by any

take/attempt to take groper by

unauthorised method

method other than by the use of a rod

and line or a handline

Clause 78 (1)—sell a commercial net to another person unless satisfied that the

sell commercial net to unauthorised person

person is the holder of a commercial
fishing licence or a permit under this

clause

Clause 78 (2)—being a person who sells a commercial net, fail to make a record of

sell commercial net without making record of sale

the sale containing the date of sale, a
description of the net and its registration
number, and the licence or permit
number of the person to whom the net

was sold

Clause 78 (3)—being a person who sells a commercial net, fail to retain the record

fail to retain and produce record of sale of

referred to in subclause (2) for 5 years commercial net
after the net was sold and fail, during
that 5 year period, to produce the record
when requested to do so by a fisheries
officer
Clause 79—attempt to take fish contrary to the rights of priority between fishers attempt to fish contrary to rights of priority

determined by Part 4 after being directed not to do so by a fisheries officer or by another fisher

Clause 80—being a commercial fisher, use a net or other fishing gear contrary to

use fishing gear contrary to

Part 4

the provisions of this Part

Clause 106—drive, ride or use a boat, surfboard, water ski, aquaplane or similar

drive/ride/use boat/surfboard/ water ski/aquaplane/

equipment in any waters on a recognised equipment in manner
fishing ground in such a manner and in causing dispersal of fish
such proximity to the ground as is likely
to cause the dispersal of schooling fish,
or fish travelling in a school or shoal,
after being directed to cease doing so by
a fisheries officer

Clause 106—drive, ride or use a boat, surfboard, water ski, aquaplane or similar

drive/ride/use boat/surfboard/ water ski/aquaplane/

equipment in any waters in a manner equipment in manner
that unreasonably interferes with the interfering with commercial
operations of a commercial fisher fishing
lawfully fishing in those waters or
waiting to carry on lawful fishing in
those waters, after being directed to
cease doing so by a fisheries officer

Clause 107 (1)—without reasonable excuse, interfere with any set fishing gear

interfere with set fishing gear

Clause 109—without reasonable excuse, wilfully disturb fish in the vicinity of a

disturb fish in vicinity of commercial fisher

commercial fisher using a net or other
fishing gear on a recognised fishing

ground

Clause 110 (2)—without lawful excuse, refuse or neglect to comply with the

refuse/neglect to move from fishing position

lawful requirement of a commercial
fisher using a line (other than a drift
line) in any waters to move to another
position (not more than 50 metres

distant) that the fisher indicates

Clause 118 (1)—being a person who takes rock lobster from any waters, fail to

fail to attach tag to rock

lobster

attach approved tag to the rock lobster
as soon as practicable after the rock
lobster is taken, in such a manner that
the tag cannot be removed without being

broken

Clause 118 (3)—possess a rock lobster in or on or adjacent to any waters which

possess rock lobster without tag in/on/adjacent to waters

does not have a tag attached to it in
such a manner that it cannot be removed
without being broken

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Clause 120 (1 )—take or attempt to take any fish from inland waters with a lure

take/attempt to take fish with

live fin fish/exotic fish/

or bait that is a live fin fish or any fish trout roe/salmon roe/trout
or any part of a fish not native to the or salmon roe product
waters of New South Wales or trout or
salmon roe or any product containing
trout or salmon roe

Clause 120 (2)—take or attempt to take salmon or trout with any lure or bait

take/attempt to take salmon/

trout with unauthorised

other than natural flies or insects or lure/bait

their larvae; worms, shrimps, yabbies or mussels; artificial lures or baits; or plant matter

Clause 120 (3)—being a person fishing in inland waters, fail to produce, on

fail to produce lure/bait on demand by officer

demand of a fisheries officer, a lure or

bait being used by that person

Clause 121 ( 1 )—take or attempt to take any octopus from any rock platform in

take/attempt to take octopus from rock platform/waters

ocean waters or the waters of Port of Port Jackson
Jackson
Clause 122 (1)—shuck any intertidal shuck intertidal invertebrate
invertebrate (other than abalone, rock in/on/adjacent to waters
lobster or turban snail) in or on or except bait
adjacent to any waters except for
immediate bait use

Clause 122 (2)—shuck rock lobster or turban snail in or on or adjacent to any

shuck rock lobster/turban snail

inlordadjacent to waters

waters

Clause 123 (1 )—being a commercial fisher who is authorised to take fish for sale

as

commercial fisher, shuck

abalone in unauthorised
in the abalone fishery, shuck abalone at place

any place other than a place approved by the Director or premises registered under the regulations made under the Export Control Act 1982 of the

Commonwealth

Clause 123 (2)—not being such commercial fisher, shuck abalone in or on or

as

recreational fisher, shuck

abalone in/on/adjacent to
adjacent to any waters waters

Clause

124 ( 1 )—without reasonable excuse, mutilate any fish of a class specified in

mutilate fish in/on/adjacent to

waters in unauthorised

clause 7 (Prohibited size fish) in or on manner
or adjacent to waters in any manner
other than by gutting or removing the
gills or scales

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Clause 124 (2)—deliver or consign for sale any fish of a class specified in clause 7

deliver/consign for sale fish mutilated in unauthorised

(Prohibited size fish) which has been manner

mutilated in any manner other than by gutting or removing the gills or scales

Clause 125 (1)—take or sell or have in possession a crayfish, shovel-nosed

take/sell/possess crayfish/

shovel-nosed lobster/rock

lobster, rock lobster or crab, carrying lobster/crab carrying ova
ova externally externally

Clause 125 (2)—have in possession a crayfish, shovel-nosed lobster, rock

possess crayfish/shovel-nosed

lobster/rock lobster/crab
lobster, or crab, from which spawn or with ova/spawn removed

ova have been deliberately removed Clause 157 (1)—being the holder of a

fail to make/cause to be made

fishing boat licence, fail to make or record of crew member
cause to be made, in respect of a person
who is a crew member on the boat, a
record containing the prescribed
information

Clause 157 (2) (a)—being the holder of a fishing boat licence, fail to keep or

fail to keep/cause to be kept

crew record for 5 years

cause to be kept the record referred to in clause 157 ( 1) on the licensed boat concerned for a period of 5 years after the crew member concerned ceases to be
engaged by the holder of the fishing

boat licence

Clause 157 (2) (b)—being the holder of a fishing boat licence, fail to produce the

fail to produce record of crew

member

record referred to in clause 157 (1)
during that 5 year period when requested

to do so by a fisheries officer

Clause 158 (2)—being a registered crew member, fail to comply with a

as crew member, fail to keep

records of registration

requirement under this clause to make and keep such records as the Director may, by notice in writing, require in

connection with the crew member's

registration

Clause 159—make, or cause to be made, an entry in a record kept for the

make/cause to be made false/

misleading entry in crew

purposes of this Division knowing that record
the entry is false or misleading in a
material particular

Clause 19 l—sell a whole eastern rock lobster, or the tail of an eastern rock

sell whole eastern rack

lobster/tail of eastern rock
lobster, which does not have a tag lobster without tag
attached to it in such a manner that the
tag cannot be removed without being
broken

Offences under Fisheries Management

(Aquaculture) Regulation 1995

Clause 49 (1)—being an aquaculture lessee, fail to mark out, within 30 days after

fail to mark boundaries of

lease

the beginning of the lease or within
such further period as the Minister may
allow, the boundaries of the area leased

in accordance with this clause

Clause 49 (6)—being an aquaculture lessee, fail to ensure that the boundaries of the

fail to maintain marked

boundaries of lease

leased area continue to be marked as
required by this clause for the duration

of the lease

Clause 49 (7)—mark out an area of public water land as an aquaculture farm, or in

unlawfully mark out

aquaculture lease

a way that is likely to lead persons to believe that the area is an aquaculture farm, unless the person is the lessee of

the area or is authorised by the lessee Clause 50 (5)—being an aquaculture lessee,

fail to maintain marked boat

fail to ensure that, while a direction channel
under this clause remains in force in
relation to a boat channel, the channel
continues to be marked as required by
that clause for the duration of the
aquaculture lease concerned

Clause 51 (7)—being an aquaculture lessee, fail to ensure that the markings required

fail to maintain marked access

way

by this clause are maintained for the
duration of the term of the aquaculture
lease concerned, unless the access way is

terminated before that lease is terminated

Offences under Fisheries Management

(Aquatic Reserves) Regulation 1995

LONG REEF

Clause 8 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the Reserve

take/attempt to take fish from Long Reef Reserve

Clause 8 (1) (b)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the

gather/attempt to gather marine vegetation from

Reserve Long Reef Reserve

Clause 8 (2) (a)—wilfully disturb, injure or interfere with fish in the Reserve

disturb/injure/interfere with fish in Long Reef Reserve

Clause 8 (2) (b)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere with marine vegetation in Long

Reserve Reef Reserve

1995—No. 14

SHIPROCK

Clause 11 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the Reserve

take/attempt to take fish from Shiprock Reserve

Clause 11 (1) (b)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the

gather/attempt marine vegetation from

to gather

Reserve Shiprock Reserve

Clause 11 (2) (a)—wilfully disturb, injure or interfere with fish in the Reserve

disturb/injure/interfere with fish in Shiprock Reserve

Clause 11 (2) (b)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere with

marine vegetation in
Reserve Shiprock Reserve

JULIAN ROCKS

Clause 14 (1 ) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the Reserve

take/attempt to take fish from Julian Rocks Reserve

Clause 14 (1 ) (b)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the

gather/attempt to gather marine vegetation from

Reserve Julian Rocks Reserve

Clause 14 (2) (a)—wilfully disturb, injure or interfere with fish in the Reserve

disturb/injure/interfere with

fish in Julian Rocks
Reserve

Clause 14 (2) (b)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere with marine vegetation in Julian

Reserve Rocks Reserve

NORTH HARBOUR

Clause 17 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the Reserve

take/attempt to take fish from North Harbour Reserve

Clause 17 (1) (b)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the

gather/attempt to gather marine vegetation from

Reserve North Harbour Reserve

Clause 17 (2) (a)—wilfully disturb, injure or interfere with fish in the Reserve

disturb/injure/interfere with

fish in North Harbour
Reserve

Clause 17 (2) (b)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere with marine vegetation in North

Reserve Harbour Reserve

BUSHRANGER’S BAY

Clause 21 (1 ) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the Reserve

take/attempt to take fish from Bushranger’s Bay Reserve

Clause 21 (1) (b)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the

gather/attempt to gather marine vegetation from

Reserve Bushranger’s Bay Reserve

Clause 21 (2) (a)—wilfully disturb, injure or interfere with fish in the Reserve

disturb/injure/interfere with

fish in Bushranger’s Bay
Reserve

Clause 21 (2) (b)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere with marine vegetation in

Reserve Bushranger's Bay Reserve

FLY POINT-HALIFAX PARK

Clause 24 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the Reserve

take/attempt to take fish from Fly Point Reserve

Clause 24 (1) (b)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the

gather/attempt to gather marine vegetation from Fly

Reserve Point Reserve

Clause 24 (2) (a)—wilfully disturb, injure or interfere with fish in the Reserve

disturb/injure/interfere with fish in Fly Point Reserve

Clause 24 (2) (b)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere with marine vegetation in Fly

Reserve Point Reserve

TOWRA POINT

Clause 27 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the Reserve

take/attempt to take fish from Towra Point Reserve

Clause 27 (1) (b)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the

gather/attempt to gather marine vegetation from

Reserve Towra Point Reserve

Clause 27 (2) (a)—wilfully disturb, injure or interfere with fish in the Reserve

disturb/injure/interfere with

fish in Towra Point
Reserve

Clause 27 (2) (b)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere with marine vegetation in Tom

Reserve Point Reserve

SOLITARY ISLANDS

Clause 31 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take coral from the Reserve

take/attempt to take coral

from Solitary Islands
Reserve

Clause 31 (1) (b)—engage in mining or exploration (in connection with mining

engage in mining/exploration in Solitary Islands Reserve

Clause 31 (1) (c)—conduct or participate in

or prospecting) of the seabed in the horizontally, below mean high water mark of any of the islands or in any areas which are shallower than 20 metres at low tide

conduct/participate in fishing

a recreational fishing competition in the competition in Solitary
Reserve Islands Reserve
Clause 31 (1) (d)—carry out any carry out commercial tourist
commercial tourist activity in the activity in Solitary Islands
Reserve Reserve
1995—No. 1 4

Clause 32 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish or marine vegetation for sale from

take/attempt to take fish/ vegetation for sale from

the general use zone general use zone

Clause 32 (1) (b)—gather or attempt to gather or wilfully damage, destroy or

gather/attempt to gather/ damage/destroy/interfere

interfere with marine vegetation, except with marine vegetation in
green sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca) or general use zone
blackfish weed (Enteromorpha
intestinalis) in the general use zone

Clause 33 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish or marine vegetation for sale from

take/attempt to take fish/ vegetation for sale from

the recreation zone recreation zone
Clause 33 (1) (b)—take or attempt to take fish (except abalone, beach worms, crabs, take/attempt to take fish from recreation zone

rock lobsters, cunjevoi, fin fish, oysters, pipis, sea urchins or yabbies) from the recreation zone

Clause 33 (1) (c)—take or attempt to take fish (except rock lobsters and crabs) by

take/attempt to take fish by trap from recreation zone

means of a trap from the recreation zone Clause 33 (1) (d)—take or attempt to take

take/attempt to take fish by

fish by a net that may only be lawfully commercial net
used by a commercial fisher from the
recreation zone

Clause 33 (1 ) (e)—gather or attempt to gather or wilfully damage, destroy or

gather/attempt to gat her/ damage/destroy/interfere

interfere with marine vegetation, except with marine vegetation in
green sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca) or recreation zone
blackfish weed (Enteromorpha
intestinalis) in the recreation zone
Clause 34 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the refuge zone except fin fish take/attempt to take fish from refuge zone

by means of a hook and line or rock lobsters by means of a lawful trap in those parts of the refuge zone which are

situated beneath or adjacent to headlands on the mainland or fish specified in the Table to this clause by means of

spearfishing

Clause 34 (1) (b)—take or attempt to take fish for a private aquarium from the

take/attempt to take fish for aquarium from refuge zone

refuge zone

Clause 34 (1) (c)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the refuge

gather/attempt to gather vegetation from refuge

zone zone

Clause 34 (1) (d)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere vegetation in refuge zone

with

refuge zone

1995—No. 14

Clause 35 (1) (a)—take or attempt to take fish from the sanctuary zone

take/attempt to take fish from

sanctuary zone

Clause 35 (1) (b)—gather or attempt to gather marine vegetation from the

gather/attempt to gather vegetation from sanctuary

sanctuary zone zone
Clause 35 (2) (a)—wilfully disturb, injure disturb/injure/interfere with
or interfere with fish in the sanctuary fish in sanctuary zone
zone

Clause 35 (2) (b)—wilfully damage, destroy or interfere with marine vegetation in the

damage/destroy/interfere with vegetation in sanctuary

sanctuary zone zone
Clause 35 (3)—use an anchor in sanctuary use anchor in sanctuary zone

zone

NOTES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.      Citation

2.      Commencement

3.       Short descriptions of offences

SCHEDULE 1

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to prescribe the short descriptions that, by reason of the Justices Act 1902, are sufficient to state or describe, in any information, complaint, summons, warrant, notice, order or other document, certain offences under the Fisheries Management Act 1994, and the regulations made under that Act.

The Regulation is made under the Justices Act 1902, including sections 145B (Short

descriptions of certain offences) and 154 (the general regulation-making power).

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