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FISHERIES LEVY (NORTHERN SHARK FISHERY) REGULATIONS 1992 NO. 16

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 16

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

FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984

FISHERIES LEVY (NORTHERN SHARK FISHERY) REGULATIONS

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.

Paragraph 5(b) of the Act provides for the imposition of levy upon the endorsement of a licence granted under subsection 9(2) or 9(3) of the Fisheries Act 1952, being an endorsement included in a class of endorsements prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph.

Subsection 6(1) of the Act provides, so far as is relevant, that the amount of levy imposed on the endorsement of a fisheries licence is the amount that is specified in the Regulations.

The Fisheries Levy (Northern Shark Fishery) Regulations set the rate of levy for access to that fishery, which is to recover a proportion of the management costs for that fishery. These management costs cover administration, including consultative meetings with industry, research, data collection and processing.

The Northern Shark Fishery is a new fishery which consists of zones adjacent to Western Australia, Northern Territory and in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The levy proposed is $1,500 for each endorsement to a licence to permit gillnetting and longlining in the fishery. The levy is based on predicted costs and the number of endorsements permitted under the development plan for the fishery.

Details of the Regulations are set out below.

Regulation 1 provides for citation of the Regulations as the Fisheries Levy (Northern Shark Fishery) Regulations.

Regulation 2 provides that the Regulations commence on 3 February 1992.

Regulation 3 defines phrases for the purposes of the Regulations.

Regulation 4 prescribes the endorsements referred to in Fisheries Notice No. NSF1 for the purposes of paragraph 5(b) of the Act.

Regulation 5 specifies the amounts of levy payable for an endorsement to a licence.

The Regulation took effect on 3 February 1992.