Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 2) (Cth)

Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 1042

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, 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 29 May 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN MACDONALD

Minister for Forestry and Conservation

1Name of Regulations

 These Regulations are the Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 2).

2Commencement

 These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Fishing Levy Regulations 2001

Schedule 1 amends the Fishing Levy Regulations 2001.

Schedule 1Amendments

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Regulation 1.5, note 1, before paragraph (a)

insert

(aa) the Bass Strait Scallop Fishery;

[2]After Part 1

insert

Part 1ABass Strait Scallop Fishery

1A.1Definition

 In this Part:

BSSF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Bass Strait Scallop Fishery.

1A.2Amount of levy

 For section 6 of the Levy Act, for a BSSF fishing permit that is in force on or after 1 June 2002 and on or before 30 April 2003, the amount of levy is $1 607.

Note   The proportion of the total levy that is the research component for the purposes of the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 will be specified in the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1991. It is intended that the part of the total research component to be collected from this fishery will be $60 for each fishing permit.

1A.3When levy must be paid

 For section 110 of the Management Act, the levy mentioned in regulation 1A.2 must be paid on or before the later of:

• (a)

  29 June 2002; and

• (b)

  28 days after the invoice date for the levy.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2001 No. 333, as amended by 2002 No. 26.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette