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FISHING LEVY (SOUTH EAST FISHERY) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 301

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 301

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Resources

Fishing Levy Act 1991

Fishing Levy (South East Fishery) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 8 of the Fishing Levy Act 1991 (the Levy Act) empowers the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of section 6 of the Levy Act.

Section 5 of the Levy Act imposes levy in respect of a fishing concession. Section 6 of the Levy Act provides that the amount of levy imposed on the fishing concession is the amount prescribed by the Regulations.

The Regulations amend the Fishing Levy (South East Fishery) Regulations (the principal Regulations). The amendment is a consequence of amendments to the Fishing Levy Regulations, which implement a new levy base for fisheries managed by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA). The new levy base is structured on the basis of cost recovery from users of AFMA's services.

The Regulations omit from the principal Regulations the requirement that the amount of levy payable in respect of a fishing concession be paid in addition to the amount of levy payable under the Fishing Levy Regulations. The proposed Regulations apply to fishing concessions granted after the commencement of the proposed Regulations.

Details of the Regulations, which commenced on gazettal, are set out below:

Regulation 1 provides for the amendment of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of the principal Regulations by omitting the regulation.


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