Fisheries (Scallop) Rules 2000 (TAS)

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Fisheries (Scallop) Rules 2000

I make the following rules under the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 .12 June 2000

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThese rules may be cited as the Fisheries (Scallop) Rules 2000 . 2CommencementThese rules take effect on 21 June 2000. 3Interpretation (1)  In these rules – Act means the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 ; Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery means the fishery in Commonwealth waters managed by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority as defined under the Offshore Constitutional Settlement; Bass Strait scallop entitlement means a Commonwealth authority to take scallops from Commonwealth waters; Bass Strait scallop fisher means a person holding a Commonwealth authority to take scallop from Commonwealth waters; catch quota balance means the portion of the weight of scallops allowed under rule 8(2) that remains uncaught; closed area (class 1) means a part of the scallop fishery designated as such under rule 12(b)(i) ; closed area (class 2) means a part of the scallop fishery designated as such under rule 12(b)(ii) ; closed season means a season or period during which the scallop fishery is closed for fishing; Commonwealth authority means any licence, permit, right or other authority relating to a specific fishery granted under the Commonwealth Act; deactivate means to vary a licence with a condition that prohibits the use of the licence; D’Entrecasteaux Channel means those waters within the area bounded – (a) in the south by an imaginary straight line from Point Scott (situated at the entrance of Port Esperance) to the northern extremity of Partridge Island and the line of longitude 147º 5’ 54” East between the southern extremity of Partridge Island and Labillardiere Peninsula on Bruny Island; and (b) in the north by an imaginary straight line from Dennes Point on Bruny Island to Piersons Point situated on the western shore of the River Derwent; fishing period one means a fishing period one as determined under rule 11 ; fishing period 2 means a fishing period 2 as determined under rule 11 ; fishing period 3 means a fishing period 3 as determined under rule 11 ; fishing trip means a trip undertaken for fishing commencing from the departure from a port and ending on the return to port; Georges Bay means the waters within Georges Bay west of an imaginary straight line between Grants Point and St Helens Point; Grade 1 penalty means the penalty specified in regulation 5 of the Penalty Regulations; Grade 2 penalty means the penalty specified in regulation 6 of the Penalty Regulations; Grade 3 penalty means the penalty specified in regulation 7 of the Penalty Regulations; Great Oyster Bay means the waters north of an imaginary straight line extending from the southern extremity of Freycinet Peninsula to Seaforth Point; immediate proximity means within 100 metres from a place where scallops are unloaded; Mercury Passage means the waters bounded in the north by an imaginary straight…

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