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FISHING LEVY REGULATIONS 1992 NO. 59

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 59

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

Fishing Levy Act 1991

Fishing Levy Regulations

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

Section 6 of the Act provides that the amount of levy is such amount as is prescribed in the Regulations. Such fees (if any) as are prescribed are payable in respect of the grant of a fishing concession under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

The Fishing Levy Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe $455 as the amount of levy payable on the grant of a fishing concession and also specifies those persons who are exempt from paying levy under the Regulations.

Details of the Regulations are set out below.

Regulation 1 provides for citation of the Regulations as the Fishing Levy Regulations.

Regulation 2 defines the word "Act" and provides that expressions used in the Regulations have the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 for the purposes of the Regulations.

Subregulation 3.1 prescribes the amount of levy payable in respect of a fishing concession as $455.

Subregulation 3.2 provides that persons specified in subregulation 3.3 are exempt from paying levy.

Subregulation 3.3 specifies classes of persons who are exempt from paying levy.

Regulation 4 provides that levy is payable on the grant of a fishing concession and on each anniversary of the grant of the fishing concession.


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