Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 2) (Cth)

Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 2)

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 58

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 Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Fishing Levy Act 1991.

Dated 27 April 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN TRUSS

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 582

made under the

Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the Fishing Levy Act 1991

   

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1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 2).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Fishing Levy Regulations 1999

Schedule 1 amends the Fishing Levy Regulations 1999.

Schedule 1Amendments

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[1]Subregulation 15.2 (1)

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that will expire on 30 June 2000

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in force in the financial year ending on 30 June 2000

[2]After subregulation 15.3 (2)

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• (3)

  However, if the holder of an SSF fishing permit surrenders the permit before payment of the levy for the permit would otherwise have been required under subregulation (1) or (2), the levy must be paid immediately before the holder surrenders the permit.

[3]Regulation 15.4

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15.4Refund or remission of levy

• (1)

  Subregulation (2) applies to an SSF fishing permit

  for which an amount of levy mentioned in subregulation 15.2 (2) must be paid.

• (2)

  If the holder surrenders the permit, AFMA must:

  • (a)

    if the holder has paid levy for the permit — refund the proportion of the levy that is equivalent to the proportion of the financial year ending on 30 June 2000 that is after the day when the holder surrenders the permit; or

  • (b)

    if the holder has not paid levy for the permit — remit the proportion of the levy that is equivalent to the proportion of the financial year ending on 30 June 2000 that is after the day when the holder surrenders the permit.

• (3)

  Subregulation (4) applies to an SSF fishing permit

  for which an amount of levy mentioned in subregulation 15.2 (3) must be paid.

• (4)

  If the holder surrenders the permit after paying levy for the permit, AFMA must refund any amount of levy paid for a month beginning after the holder surrenders the permit.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1999 No. 322, as amended by 2000 No. 57.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 27 April 2000, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 April 2000.