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FISHERIES REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 2 OF 2009) - REG 307

Required form of documentation for sale of abalone

    (1)     For the purposes of section 120AA(1) of the Act, the species of fish specified is abalone and the specified quantity is any quantity.

    (2)     For the purposes of section 120AA(2)(a) of the Act, the document must be in the form of a receipt that contains the following details—

        (a)     the full name and address of the person selling or consigning the abalone;

        (b)     the full name and signature of the person completing the receipt;

        (c)     the date of sale or consignment of the abalone;

        (d)     the net weight in kilograms of abalone sold or consigned;

        (e)     the product description of the abalone;

        (f)     in respect of each sale or consignment of abalone, a unique identifying number generated from a sequential system of numbering of each sale or consignment for the purposes of the receipt;

        (g)     any one or more of the following details—

              (i)     the full name and address of the person who processed the abalone;

              (ii)     the trader identification number of the licence holder;

              (iii)     the approved AQIS number of the place or premises where the abalone was processed;

        (h)     the date the abalone was packaged.

Notes

1     Under section 120AA(2) of the Act, a person who sells abalone in any quantity must create a document that complies with regulation 307(2). In the case of a consignment of abalone, the person must ensure that the document accompanies the consignment, and in any other case, that the document is given to the purchaser at or before the sale and the seller must keep a copy of the document. The penalty for failure to comply with the requirements of this section is a maximum of 60 penalty units.

2         The holder of an abalone fishery access licence, a Fish Receivers' (Abalone) Licence, an Aquaculture (Crown Land—Abalone) Licence or an Aquaculture (On-shore Abalone) Licence, or a person who is acting on behalf of the holder of one of those licences is exempt from the requirements of section 120AA(2) of the Act under regulation 315.



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