Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01290:clause:1_7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01290
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 7
Character Range: 4836–5800

7  Subsection 5(1) (definition of mesh size)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
mesh size:
 (a) of a net that is knotted, means the average distance, when the mesh of the net is closed, between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite knots of 10 meshes at least 30 cm from each other; and
 (b) of a net that is knotless, means the average distance, when the mesh of the net is closed, between the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposite corners of 10 meshes at least 30 cm from each other.
For the purposes of this definition, the mesh of a net is closed when the inner edges of 2 diagonally opposing knots or corners of the mesh are pulled:
 (c) by hand in opposite directions; and
 (d) using no more force than is reasonably necessary to pull the mesh, or the material from which it is made, to its natural length;
so that the sides of the mesh, when the knots or corners are pulled as described, are as close to touching each other as is reasonably practicable.