Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 2) (Cth)

Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 2)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 96

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 Fishing Levy Act 1991 and the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Dated 9 June 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Mark vaile

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 962

made under the

Fishing Levy Act 1991 and the Fisheries Management Act 1991

   

Contents

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1Name of regulations

 These regulations are the Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 2).

2Commencement

 These regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Fishing Levy Regulations 1998

Schedule 1 amends the Fishing Levy Regulations 1998.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]Regulation 17.1

insert

first fishing period, for a season, means the period from 1 March to 30 April (inclusive) in the season.

[2]Regulation 17.1, definition of leviable quantity

substitute

leviable quantity, for an STR fishing permit under which orange roughy may be taken, means the quantity of orange roughy that is taken under the permit in a fishing period.

[3]Regulation 17.1

insert

season means the period from 1 March in a year to the last day of February in the following year (inclusive).

second fishing period, for a season, means the period from 1 May to the last day of February (inclusive) in the season.

[4]Regulation 17.3

substitute

17.3When levy must be paid

• (1)

  For section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an STR fishing permit in force in the first fishing period in a season must be paid on or before the later of:

  • (a)

    10 June in the season; and

  • (b)

    28 days after the invoice date for the levy.

• (2)

  For section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an STR fishing permit in force in the second fishing period in a season must be paid on or before the later of:

  • (a)

    14 April in the following season; and

  • (b)

    the invoice date for the levy.

Notes

1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1998 No. 314, as amended by 1999 No. 59.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 9 June 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette