Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012 (No 1) [F2013L00686]-New and continuing matters [2013] AUSStaCSDLM 156 (16 May 2013)

• Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012 (No. 1) [F2013L00686]
• Uncertain requirement

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Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012 (No. 1) [F2013L00686]

Purpose	Makes a number of amendments to the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995
Last day to disallow	27 August 2013
Authorising legislation	Fisheries Management Act 1991
Department	Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

ISSUE:

Uncertain requirement

The instrument makes a number of amendments to the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995. Proposed new subclauses 18.5 and 18.6 specify circumstances in which the Australian Fisheries Management Authority is required to determine the actual live weight value of a statutory fishing right for the season 'without delay'. However, the ES for the instrument provides no guidance as to how the term 'without delay' will be applied or interpreted, and the committee considers that it is unclear why a more certain time period could not be specified. The committee will therefore seek further information from the minister.