Fisheries Management Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1996

No. 67 1

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Fisheries Management Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The 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 29 May 1996.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

WARWICK PARER

Minister for Resources and Energy

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Fisheries Management Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[Note: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 19A (Regulation of longline fishing—section 14 of the Act)

2.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

Regulation of longline fishing—section 14 of the Act

 “19A. A person must not set a pelagic, or drifting, longline from:

• (a)

  an Australian boat; or

• (b)

  a foreign boat in the AFZ;

south of the parallel of Latitude 30° South unless there is attached to the boat, in relation to each point at which hooks, connected directly or indirectly to the longline, enter the water:

• (c)

  a Tori Pole apparatus, in accordance with Schedule 3D; or

• (d)

  if the person is the holder of a scientific permit under section 33 of the Act that permits the use, in that area, of another apparatus instead of a Tori Pole apparatus—an apparatus that complies with the permit.

Maximum penalty:   10 penalty units.”.

3.   Schedule 3D (Tori pole apparatus—construction and mounting)

3.1   Subparagraph 4 (d) (ii):

Omit the subparagraph, substitute:

• “(ii)

  each streamer in the streamer pair that is positioned the greatest distance from the boat is:

  • (A)

    if the boat is an Australian boat—at least 1 metre long; or

  • (B)

    if the boat is a foreign boat—at least 3.5 metres long; and”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 May 1996.

2. Statutory Rules 1992 No. 20 as amended by 1992 No. 455; 1993 Nos. 74, 118 and 296; 1994 Nos. 77, 125 and 419; 1995 Nos. 285 and 360.