Fisheries Management (Refund) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No .1) (Cth)

Fisheries Management (Refund) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 3112

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, 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 22 November 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Fisheries Management (Refund) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Fisheries Management (Refund) Regulations 1992

Schedule 1 amends the Fisheries Management (Refund) Regulations 1992.

Schedule 1Amendment

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[1]Regulation 4

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4Refund of levy paid for SENTF fishing permits

• (1)

  This regulation applies to levy paid in accordance with regulation 11.2 of the Fishing Levy Regulations 1998 by the holder of an SENTF fishing permit:

  • (a)

    that was in force on 16 April 1999; and

  • (b)

    to which paragraph (b) or (d) of that regulation applied.

Note    Under regulation 11.2 of the Fishing Levy Regulations 1998, the amount of levy for an SENTF fishing permit in force on 16 April 1999 was the total of the following amounts:

(a) $1 126;

(b) if the permit authorises fishing for blue-eye trevalla — the amount calculated by multiplying the number of permanent units for blue-eye trevalla mentioned in Attachment B to the permit by 54.3 cents;

(c) if the permit authorises fishing for pink ling — the amount calculated by multiplying the number of permanent units for pink ling mentioned in Attachment B to the permit by 38 cents;

(d) if the permit authorises fishing for blue warehou — the amount calculated by multiplying the number of permanent units for blue warehou mentioned in Attachment B to the permit by 1.8 cents.

• (2)

  AFMA must refund to the holder the amount (if any) by which the amount of levy paid exceeds the revised amount for the permit.

• (3)

  In this regulation:

amount of levy paid, for a permit, means the total of the amounts paid by the holder of the permit in accordance with paragraphs 11.2 (b) and (d) of the Fishing Levy Regulations 1998.

revised amount, for a permit, means the total of:

• (a)

  if the permit authorised fishing for blue-eye trevalla — the amount calculated by multiplying the number of permanent units for blue-eye trevalla mentioned in Attachment B to the permit by 53.3 cents; and

• (b)

  if the permit authorised fishing for blue warehou — the amount calculated by multiplying the number of permanent units for blue warehou mentioned in Attachment B to the permit by 1.7 cents.

SENTF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the South East Non‑trawl Fishery.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1992 No. 407, as amended by 1996 No. 318; 1999 No. 55.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette