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FISHERIES LEVY (GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT TRAWL FISHERY) REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) 1992 NO. 18

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 18

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

FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984

FISHERIES LEVY (GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT TRAWL FISHERY) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

Section 8 of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (the Act) empowers the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of sections 5 and 6 of the Act.

Paragraphs 5(bc) and 5(bd) of the Act provide for the imposition of levy upon the allocation and renewal of the allocation, respectively, of units of fishing capacity, being units of fishing capacity prescribed for the purposes of those paragraphs.

Subsection 6(1) of the Act provides, so far as is relevant, that the amount of levy imposed on the allocation or renewal of the allocation of a unit of fishing capacity is such amount as is provided in the Regulations.

The purpose of the Fisheries Levy (Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery) Regulations (the Regulations) (Amendment) is to set the rate of levy for the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery. The levy is collected to recover a proportion of the management costs for the Fishery. Access to the Fishery is granted by the allocation of a unit of fishing capacity under the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Preliminary Management Plan.

Under the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Preliminary Management Plan the allocation of a unit of fishing capacity entitles the unit holder to access to the whole area of the Fishery. The amount of levy for access to the whole fishery is $9,000.

Details of the Regulations are set out below.

Regulation 1 provides for amendment of the Fisheries Levy (Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery) Regulations.

Regulation 2 inserts a new definition for the purposes of the Regulations.

Regulation 3 inserts a new definition of "unit of fishing capacity" for the purposes of sections 5(bc) and (bd) of the Act.

Regulation 4 specifies $9,000 as the amount of levy payable on the allocation or renewal of the allocation of a unit of fishing capacity in accordance with the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Preliminary Management Plan.

The Regulation took effect on Gazettal.