Fisheries Amendment Regulations (No. 5) 1994 (WA)

2 September 1994]	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	4527
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FISHERIES ACT 1905

FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (NO. 5) 1994

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

I.     These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Regulations

(No. 5) 1994.

Regulation 15A amended

2.      Regulation 15A of the Fisheries Regulations 1938* is amended —

in subregulation (3) by deleting "or hand scoop nets" and

(a) substituting the following —

, crab scoop nets that comply with subregulation (3a)

and

(b) by inserting after subregulation (3) the following

subregulation —

(3a) A crab scoop net —

shall be constructed of wire not exceeding

(a) 5 millimetres in thickness;

shall have a circular upper rim with an

(b) internal diameter not exceeding

375 millimetres;

(o) shall have an internal maximum depth	measured from the plane of the rim not
exceeding 210 millimetres;
(d)	shall have a generally hemispherical net;
(e)	formed by the interconnecting wires; shall have a maximum of 75 meshes
(f)	shall have a maximum of 6 support wires radiating from the centre of the base to the upper rim; and
(g)	shall not have any obstruction that
restricts the movement of crabs through
the meshes.

By His Excellency's Command,	D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.
{* Reprinted as at 15 September 1988.	For amendments to 9 August 1994 see 1993 Index to Legislation of	17 May and 28 June 1994.] Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 82-3, and Gazettes of 25 February,