Fishing Levy Amendment (2021-2022 Levy Amounts) Regulations 2021 (Cth)

Fishing Levy Amendment (2021‑2022 Levy Amounts) Regulations 2021

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 25 November 2021

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Jonathon Duniam

Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Fishing Levy Regulations 2018  2

1  Name

This instrument is the Fishing Levy Amendment (2021‑2022 Levy Amounts) Regulations 2021.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	1 December 2021

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the Fishing Levy Act 1991.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Fishing Levy Regulations 2018

1  Subsection 5(1) (definition of new levy day)

Omit “Fishing Levy Amendment (2020‑2021 Levy Amounts) Regulations 2020”, substitute “Fishing Levy Amendment (2021‑2022 Levy Amounts) Regulations 2021”.

2  Subsection 8(2)

Omit “$0.6676”, substitute “$0.8028”.

3  Paragraph 9(2)(a)

Omit “$7,582.45”, substitute “$7,977.08”.

4  Subsection 9(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy for a sector of the Coral Sea Fishery
Item	Sector	Amount ($)
1	Aquarium	886.50
2	Line	3,546.00
3	Line—autobait	3,546.00
4	Lobster and trochus	886.50
5	Sea cucumber	886.50

5  Subsection 10(2)

Omit “$1,927.25”, substitute “$1,058.33”.

6  Subsection 11(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery
Item	SFR	Amount ($)
1	Leviable ETBF Albacore Tuna SFR	0.0995
2	Leviable ETBF Bigeye Tuna SFR	0.1824
3	Leviable ETBF Broadbill Swordfish SFR	0.2580
4	Leviable ETBF longline boat SFR	4,227.56
5	Leviable ETBF minor line boat SFR	2,195.08
6	Leviable ETBF Striped Marlin SFR	0.0373
7	Leviable ETBF Yellowfin Tuna SFR	0.5236

7  Subsection 12(2)

Omit “$22.2728”, substitute “$25.2340”.

8  Subsection 13(2)

Omit “$12.3229”, substitute “$18.3676”.

9  Subsection 14(2)

Omit “$61.74”, substitute “$57.15”.

10  Subsection 15(2)

Omit “$7,539.71”, substitute “$8,925.29”.

11  Subsection 16(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Small Pelagic Fishery
Item	SFR	Amount ($)
1	Leviable SPF Australian Sardine quota SFR	0.0117582
2	Leviable SPF Eastern sub‑area Blue Mackerel quota SFR	0.0117582
3	Leviable SPF Eastern sub‑area Jack Mackerel quota SFR	0.0117582
4	Leviable SPF Eastern sub‑area Redbait quota SFR	0.0235893
5	Leviable SPF Western sub‑area Blue Mackerel quota SFR	0.0117582
6	Leviable SPF Western sub‑area Jack Mackerel quota SFR	0.0117582
7	Leviable SPF Western sub‑area Redbait quota SFR	0.0117582

12  Subsection 17(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—SFRs (other than quota SFRs)
Item	SFR	Amount ($)
1	Leviable SESSF GAB trawl boat SFR	29,075.80
2	Leviable SESSF gillnet boat SFR	7,017.57
3	Leviable SESSF scalefish hook boat SFR	2,994.29
4	Leviable SESSF shark hook boat SFR	5,043.76
5	Leviable SESSF trawl boat SFR	8,812.44

13  Subsection 17(3) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—quota SFRs
Item	Quota species	Amount ($)
1	Alfonsino	0.00096
2	Bight redfish	0.00496
3	Blue eye trevalla	0.25708
4	Blue grenadier	0.21562
5	Blue warehou	0.00228
6	Deepwater flathead	0.00646
7	Elephantfish	0.08779
8	Flathead	0.08289
9	Gummy shark	0.40888
10	Jackass morwong	0.07826
11	John dory	0.07313
12	Mirror dory	0.01968
13	Ocean perch	0.05519
14	Oreodory	0.00584
15	Pink ling	0.55061
16	Redfish	0.01785
17	Ribaldo	0.02012
18	Royal red prawn	0.01800
19	Saw shark	0.08891
20	School shark	0.56098
21	School whiting	0.04686
22	Silver trevally	0.01610
23	Silver warehou	0.13187

14  Subsection 17(4) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—quota SFRs for species in particular sectors or zones
Item	Quota species	Sector or zone	Amount ($)
1	Deepwater shark	Eastern	0.02043
2	Deepwater shark	Western	0.02540
3	Gemfish	Eastern	0.12412
4	Gemfish	Western	0.01670
5	Orange roughy	Albany and Esperance	0.00250
6	Orange roughy	Cascade Plateau	0.01715
7	Orange roughy	Eastern	0.04019
8	Orange roughy	Southern	0.00291
9	Orange roughy	Western	0.00973
10	Smooth oreodory	Cascade Plateau	0.00024
11	Smooth oreodory	A sector or zone other than the Cascade Plateau	0.01693

15  Subsection 18(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—fishing permits (other than leviable SESSF quota fishing permits)
Item	Fishing permit	Amount ($)
1	Leviable SESSF autolongline fishing permit	4,773.22
2	Leviable SESSF ECDT fishing permit	569.51
3	Leviable SESSF GHT fishing permit	2,633.06
4	Leviable SESSF GHT trap fishing permit	27,131.93
5	Leviable SESSF VCW fishing permit	244.08

16  Subsection 18(3) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery—leviable SESSF quota fishing permits
Item	Quota species	Amount ($)
1	Deepwater shark in the Eastern zone	0.06129
2	Deepwater shark in the Western zone	0.07619
3	Oreodory	0.01753
4	Ribaldo	0.06035
5	Smooth oreodory in the Cascade Plateau zone	0.00071
6	Smooth oreodory in a sector or zone other than the Cascade Plateau zone	0.05078

17  Paragraphs 18(4)(a) and (b)

Omit “2021”, substitute “2022”.

18  Subsection 19(2)

Omit “$0.2683”, substitute “$0.304”.

19  Subsection 20(2)

Omit “$17.6291”, substitute “$33.3413”.

20  Subsection 21(2)

Omit “$1,186.54”, substitute “$5,334.64”.

21  Subsection 22(2)

Omit “$1,927.25”, substitute “$1,058.33”.

22  Subsection 23(2) (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Amount of levy—Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery
Item	SFR	Amount ($)
1	Leviable WTBF Bigeye Tuna quota SFR	0.048
2	Leviable WTBF boat SFR	1,137.35
3	Leviable WTBF Broadbill Swordfish quota SFR	0.048
4	Leviable WTBF Striped Marlin quota SFR	0.048
5	Leviable WTBF Yellowfin Tuna quota SFR	0.048