Fisheries Management (Northern Prawn Fishery) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 1) (Cth)

Fisheries Management (Northern Prawn Fishery) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 2352

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Dated 5 August 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN MACDONALD

Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Fisheries Management (Northern Prawn Fishery) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence on the date of their notification in the Gazette.

3Amendment of Fisheries Management (Northern Prawn Fishery) Regulations

Schedule 1 amends the Fisheries Management (Northern Prawn Fishery) Regulations.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Regulation 1

substitute

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Fisheries Management (Northern Prawn Fishery) Regulations 1995.

[2]Regulation 2, notes 1 and 2

substitute

Note Some of the expressions used in the NPF Plan, and their meanings, are:

gear statutory fishing right means a statutory fishing right described in section 7 of the NPF Plan.

operational footrope, for a prawn trawl net, means the part of the footrope of the net that lies between the 2 outermost points at which the netting at the bottom of the net is attached to the footrope.

operational headrope, for a prawn trawl net, means the part of the headrope of the net that lies between the 2 outermost points at which the netting at the top of the net is attached to the headrope.

[3]Paragraph 3 (1) (c)

omit

[4]Paragraph 3 (1) (e)

substitute

1. (e)

   if the fishing right is a gear statutory fishing right — an indication whether the holder elects to hold the fishing right in relation to a Class B statutory fishing right under clause 23B of the NPF Plan;

[5]Subparagraphs 3 (1) (g) (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)

substitute

1. (ii)

   the number of gear statutory fishing rights for the boat;

2. (iii)

   the operational headrope and operational footrope equivalent, in metres, that the number of gear statutory fishing rights for the boat equate to;

[6]Subparagraph 3 (1) (g) (vi)

omit

if a State authority

insert

if a Commonwealth or State authority

[7]Subparagraph 3 (1) (g) (viii)

omit

[8]After subregulation 3 (1)

insert

1. (1A)

   AFMA may enter in the Register the following particulars in relation to a statutory fishing right granted in respect of the Northern Prawn Fishery if there is a nominated boat for the fishing right:

   1. (a)

      details of the boat’s breadth, depth, hull length, colour and hull underdeck volume;

   2. (b)

      details of the type, serial number, aspiration, power (in kW), turbocharger number (if any) and aftercooler system (if any) of the boat’s engine;

   3. (c)

      if a Commonwealth or State Authority issues a radio call sign for a radio carried on the boat — details of the call sign.

[9]Subregulation 3 (2)

omit

subregulation (1).

insert

subregulation (1) or (1A).

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1995 No. 12.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette