Fisheries Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1974 No. 212

REGULATIONS UNDER THE FISHERIES ACT 1952-1974.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Fisheries Act 1952-1974.

Dated this twelfth day of November, 1974.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

K. S. WRIEDT

Minister of State for Agriculture.

Amendments of the Fisheries Regulations

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the date on which the Fisheries Act 1973 (other than sections 1, 2, 8, 18 and 20) comes into operation.

Fees.

2. Regulation 10 of the Fisheries Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “ Subject to sub-regulation (3) of this regulation, the ” and substituting the word “ The ”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the word “ For ” and substituting the words “ Subject to sub-regulation (3), for ”;

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the words “ in feet shall be taken to be the number of feet, disregarding any part of a foot, in ” and substituting the words “ shall be taken to be ”: and

(d) by omitting sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following sub-regulation:—

“ (3) Where the length of the imaginary straight line ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation (2) includes a fraction of a metre, that fraction shall—

(a) if that fraction is one half or greater—be deemed to be one metre; and

(b) if that fraction is less than one half—be disregarded.”.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 19 November 1974.

  Statutory Rules 1954, No. 116, as amended by Statutory Rules 1968, Nos. 7 and 143; and 1974, No. 211.

Schedule.

3. The Schedule to the Fisheries Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—

“ SCHEDULE Regulation 6

First Column	Second Column
Matter	Fee
$
1. Grant of a licence under sub-section 9 (1) of the Act .................................................	10.00
2. Grant of a licence under sub-section 9 (2) of the Act—
(a) in respect of an Australian boat of less than 15 metres in overall length	20.00
(b) in respect of an Australian boat of not less than 15 metres but less than 20 metres in overall length ...................................................................................................	25.00
(c) in respect of an Australian boat of not less than 20 metres in overall length .........	30.00
(d) in respect of a foreign boat other than a boat of the kind known as a ‘tuna long-line vessel’, for each metre in overall length of the boat ............................................	35.00
(e) in respect of a foreign boat of the kind known as a ‘tuna long-line vessel’	80.00
3. Grant of a licence under sub-section 9 (3) of the Act—
(a) in respect of a boat authorizing the use of the boat for carrying fish taken with the use of another boat .................................................................................................	40.00
(b) in respect of a boat authorizing the use of the boat for processing and carrying fish taken with the use of another boat .....................................................................	50.00
4. Endorsement under sub-section 9 (4) of the Act of a licence granted under the Act .....	1.00
5. Transfer under sub-section 9 (7) of the Act of a licence granted under subsection 9 (2) or (3) of the Act .........................................................................................................	1.00
6. Issue of a duplicate of a lost or defaced licence ........................................................	1.00 ”.