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FISHERIES ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS 1992 NO. 15

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 15

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

FISHERIES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1991

FISHERIES ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS

The Fisheries Administration Act 1991 (the Administration Act) received Royal Assent on 10 November 1991 and came into effect by Proclamation on 3 February 1992.

Paragraph 114(a) of the Administration Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

Subsection 4(1) of the Administration Act defines "peak industry body" to mean such body (whether incorporated or otherwise) representative generally of persons engaged in the industry as is prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

The purpose of the Regulations is to prescribe the National Fishing Industry Council as the peak industry body for the purposes of subsection 4(1) of the Administration Act and they commenced on the commencement of that Act.