Fisheries Management (Prawn Fisheries) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SA)

South Australia

Fisheries Management (Prawn Fisheries) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 2023

under the Fisheries Management Act 2007

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

Part 2—Amendment of Fisheries Management (Prawn Fisheries) Regulations 2017

3            Amendment of regulation 3—Interpretation

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Management (Prawn Fisheries) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 2023.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 1 May 2023.

Part 2—Amendment of Fisheries Management (Prawn Fisheries) Regulations 2017

3—Amendment of regulation 3—Interpretation

1. Regulation 3(1)—after the definition of Department insert:

   GDA2020 means the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 as defined in the determination under section 8A of the National Measurement Act 1960 of the Commonwealth for the recognised‑value standard of measurement position;

2. Regulation 3(1), definition of Gulf St. Vincent—delete the definition and substitute:

   Gulf St. Vincent means the waters of Gulf St. Vincent, Investigator Strait and Backstairs Passage contained within and bounded by a line commencing at Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°13'26.85" South, 137°00'00.03" East, then beginning easterly following the line of Mean High Water Springs to the location closest to 35°39'37.01" South, 138°13'38.12" East (Porpoise Head), then south‑westerly to the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°48'06.88" South, 138°07'29.09" East (Cape St Albans, Kangaroo Island), then beginning south‑westerly following the line of Mean High Water Springs to the location closest to 35°40'20.02" South, 137°00'00.03" East, then northerly to the point of commencement;

3. Regulation 3(1), definition of Spencer Gulf—delete the definition and substitute:

   Spencer Gulf means the waters of Spencer Gulf north of the geodesic from the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 34°59'07.10" South, 136°00'11.09" East (Cape Catastrophe, Eyre Peninsula) to the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°17'59.55" South, 136°52'50.14" East (Cape Spencer, Yorke Peninsula);

4. Regulation 3(1), definition of West Coast waters—delete the definition and substitute:

   West Coast waters means the waters adjacent to South Australia contained within the meridians of longitude 131° East and 137° East , but does not include the waters of Spencer Gulf north of the geodesic from the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 34°59'07.10" South, 136°00'11.09" East (Cape Catastrophe, Eyre Peninsula) to the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°17'59.55" South, 136°52'50.14" East (Cape Spencer, Yorke Peninsula).

5. Regulation 3(3)(a)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:

   (a)all lines in spatial descriptions are geodesics and coordinates expressed in terms of GDA2020;

Editorial note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 20 April 2023

No 20 of 2023