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FISHERIES LEVY (EAST COAST TUNA LONGLINE FISHERY) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)1992 NO. 406

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 406

Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy

Fisheries Levy Act 1984

Fisheries Levy (East Coast Tuna Longline Fishery) Regulations (Amendment)

Paragraph 5(b) of the Act provides for the imposition of levy on an endorsement under subsection 9(4) of the Fisheries Act 1952 of a licence granted under subsections 9(2) or 9(3) of that Act.

The management arrangements for the cast coast tuna fishery provides for the allocation of endorsements to persons in the fishery. Persons are only permitted access to the fishery when levy has been paid.

The Regulation specifies the amount of levy in respect to each class of endorsement ill the fishery for the 1992/93 season.

The levy for all categories of endorsement includes the research levy administered by the Research and Development Corporation (approximately $75).

Rates of levy for most of the endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 6 of Fisheries Notice TEC 5 have increased as follows:

•       for endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 6(a), from $2000 to $2350;

•       for endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 6(b) and in force immediately before 15 December 1991, from $2000 to $2075;

•       for endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 6(c), from $1000 to $1075.

However, the rate of levy for endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 6(b), other than the endorsements referred to above, has decreased from $2000 to $1575

Rates of levy for endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 5 of Fisheries Notice TEC 8 have decreased as follows, except for the levy for endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 5(a), which has been removed entirely:

•       for endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 5(b), from $1000 to $825;

•       for endorsements of the kind referred to in paragraph 5(c), from $1000 to $825.

The Regulations commenced on gazettal.