Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 3) (Cth)

Fishing Levy Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 3)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 2382

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 3 October 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. 3).

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]Subregulation 1.4 (1), after definition of holder

insert

informally managed fishery means a commercial fishing activity that is managed under the Management Actby AFMA but that is not:

• (a)

  a fishing activity to which a management plan applies; or

• (b)

  a fishing activity referred to in regulation 4B of the Management Regulations.

[2]After Part 21

insert

Part 22Informally managed fisheries

22.1Definition

 In this Part:

IMF permit means a fishing permit for an informally managed fishery.

22.2Amount of levy

• (1)

  For section 6 of the Levy Act, for an IMF permit that is in force on or after the commencement of this Part and on or before 31 December 2002, the amount of levy is $1 000.

• (2)

  If 2 or more IMF permits authorise the same boat for use in a different informally managed fishery for each permit, then only 1 of the permits is liable to levy under subregulation (1).

• (3)

  An IMF permit issued only to authorise testing of fishing equipment is not liable to levy under subregulation (1).

Note   The research component of the levy amount mentioned in subregulation (1) is $60.

22.3When levy must be paid

 For section 110 of the Management Act, the levy mentioned in regulation 22.2 must be paid on or before 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2001 No. 333, as amended by 2002 Nos. 26 and 104.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette