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FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 176
176 . Control of fish not endemic
(1) A person must not bring into the State, or a particular area of the State, a live fish of a species not endemic to the State, or that area of the State, other than in accordance with —


(a) the written approval of the CEO;


(b) the written authority of the CEO under subregulation (2); or


(c) an aquaculture licence.


(2) An application for an authority under subregulation (1)(b) —


(a) is to be made to the CEO in a form approved for that purpose by the CEO; and


(b) is to be accompanied by the fee set out in item 15 of Part 2 of Schedule 1.


(3) An approval or authority under subregulation (1) is subject to any conditions specified in the approval or authority by the CEO.


(4) The CEO may vary or cancel a condition specified in an approval or authority under subregulation (1) by notice in writing given to the holder of the approval or authority.


(5) The CEO may vary or cancel an approval or authority under subregulation (1) at any time by notice in writing given to the holder of the approval or authority.


(6) A person must not contravene an approval or authority issued under subregulation (1).


(7) A person who is in possession of a fish of any species of fish not endemic to the State, or the area of the State where the person is in possession of the fish, must destroy the fish if the fish is found to be infected with any disease, unless otherwise approved in writing by the CEO.


(8) The species of fish listed in Schedule 10 are to be taken to be not endemic to the State for the purposes of the Act, but Schedule 10 is not a conclusive list of species of fish which are not endemic to the State for the purposes of the Act.


Penalty: $10 000.


[Regulation 176 amended in Gazette 6 Jul 2007 p. 3389-90; 9 Jun 2009 p. 1912.]