(1)  A person must not, in State waters, be in possession of a rock lobster that is dismembered or cut up.

Penalty:  Grade 3 penalty.

(2)  A person is not guilty of an offence under subrule (1) by –

(a) being in possession of a single cut up or dismembered rock lobster on a fishing vessel if –

(i) the holder of a fishing licence (rock lobster) is on the fishing vessel; and

(ii) the fishing vessel is not in port; or

(b) being in possession of a single cut up or dismembered rock lobster on a vessel being used for the purposes of the non-commercial rock lobster fishery if –

(i) a non-commercial fisher is on the vessel; and

(ii) the vessel is not in port; or

(c) being in possession of dismembered or cut up rock lobster, or rock lobster meat, that has been purchased from a fish merchant or retail outlet.