After rule 69 of the Principal Rules , the following rule is inserted in Division 3:

69A.     Boat limits

(1)  The person in charge of a vessel must not be in possession of, or have on board the vessel, more of a species or type of scalefish than the boat limit specified in Schedule 4 for that species or type of scalefish.

Penalty:  Grade 2 penalty.

(2)  However, the person in charge of a vessel is not guilty of an offence under subrule (1) if the person, or another person on board the vessel –

(a) is the holder of a commercial fishing licence and the scalefish were taken under the authority of that licence; or

(b) has a Commonwealth authority that authorises the possession of more of that species or type of scalefish than the boat limit specified in Schedule 4 and the fish were taken under that authority; or

(c) has proof that the scalefish were purchased.

(3)  For the purposes of this rule, a person is taken to be in charge of a vessel if the person reasonably appears to a fisheries officer to be in charge of the vessel.