Fishing Levy (South East Fishery) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1995

No. 365 1

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Fishing Levy (South East Fishery) Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The 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 29 November 1995.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. BEDDALL

Minister for Resources

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 December 1995.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Fishing Levy (South East Fishery) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

3.1   After subregulation 2 (1), insert:

 “(1A) The origin of geographical coordinates used in these Regulations is the Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66).”.

4.   Regulation 3 (Amount of levy)

4.1   Subregulation 3 (1):

Omit “on or after the commencement of these Regulations”, substitute “in the period that starts on 1 December 1995 and ends on 30 November 1996”.

[NOTE: The following note is taken to be added at the end of regulation 3:

“[NOTE: Under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989, a part (the “research component”) of levy imposed by the Fishing Levy Act 1991 is to be paid to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation for research and development activities relating to the fishing industry. It is proposed, in respect of a fishing permit referred to in regulation 3, that, in relation to a scheduled species, the proportion specified in the Note to Schedule 2 of the amount of levy for each unit of quota specified in Column 3 in Schedule 2 of the item relating to that species will be paid to the Corporation as the fishery’s contribution to the research component for the financial year ending on 30 June 1996.]”.]

5.   Regulation 4 (When levy is due and payable)

5.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

When levy is due and payable

 “4.For the purposes of section 110 of the Management Act, levy is due and payable for a fishing permit as follows:

• (a)

  in the case of a fishing permit granted before 12 April in a year:

  • (i)

    one third of the amount of levy before the end of 28 days after the grant of the fishing permit; and

  • (ii)

    the balance of the amount of levy on or before 10 May in that year;

• (b)

  in the case of a permit granted on or after 12 April in a year—before the end of 28 days after the grant of the fishing permit.”.

6.   Schedule 1 (Specified species)

6.1   Omit the Schedule, substitute:

“SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 2

SPECIFIED SPECIES

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Common Name	Column 3 Scientific name
1	Blue Eye Trevalla	Hyperoglyphe antarctica
2	Blue Grenadier	Macruronus novaezelandiae
3	Blue Warehou	Seriolella brama
4	Flathead	Neoplatycephalus aurimaculatus Neoplatycephalus richardsoni Platycephalus bassensis Platycephalus speculator
5	Gemfish	Rexea solandri
6	Jackass Morwong	Nemadactylus macropterus
7	John Dory	Zeus faber
8	Ling	Genypterus blacodes
9	Mirror Dory	Zenopsis nebulosus
10	Ocean Perch	Helicolenus species
11	Orange Roughy	Hoplostethus atlanticus
12	Redfish	Centroberyx affinis

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Common Name	Column 3 Scientific name
13	Royal Red Prawn	Haliporoides sibogae
14	School Whiting	Sillago flindersi
15	Silver Trevally	Psuedocaranx dentex
16	Spotted Warehou	Seriolella punctata

7.   Schedule 2 (Amounts of levy)

7.1   Omit the Schedule, substitute:

“SCHEDULE 2 Regulations 2 & 3

AMOUNTS OF LEVY

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Species	Column 3 Amount of levy for each unit of quota (cents)
1	Blue Eye Trevalla	7.8
2	Blue Grenadier	5.8
3	Blue Warehou	5.2
4	Flathead	3.6
5	Gemfish—Eastern Sector	4.0
6	Gemfish—Western Sector	7.6

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Column 1 Item No.	Column 2 Species	Column 3 Amount of levy for each unit of quota (cents)
7	Jackass Morwong	4.1
8	John Dory	11.6
9	Ling	14.2
10	Mirror Dory	3.2
11	Ocean Perch	8.5
12	Orange Roughy—Eastern Sector	3.6
13	Orange Roughy—Southern Sector	5.4
14	Orange Roughy—Western Sector	13.7
15	Redfish	7.2
16	Royal Red Prawn	5.2
17	School Whiting	3.4
18	Silver Trevally	1.9
19	Spotted Warehou	9.9

[NOTE: The following amounts are the proportions of the amounts of levy for each unit of quota proposed to be paid to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation for research and development activities under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Corporation Act 1989 as the fishery’s contribution to the research component of levy paid for the financial year ending on 30 June 1996:

SCHEDULE 2—continued

1. Blue Eye Trevalla 0.6 cents

2. Blue Grenadier 0.4

3. Blue Warehou 0.4

4. Flathead 0.3

5. Gemfish—Eastern Sector 0.3

6. Gemfish—Western Sector 0.6

7. Jackass Morwong 0.3

8. John Dory 0.9

9. Ling 1.1

10. Mirror Dory 0.2

11. Ocean Perch 0.6

12. Orange Roughy—Eastern Sector 0.3

13. Orange Roughy—Southern Sector 0.4

14. Orange Roughy—Western Sector 1.0

15. Redfish 0.5

16. Royal Red Prawn 0.4

17. School Whiting 0.3

18. Silver Trevally 0.1

19. Spotted Warehou 0.7.]”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 December 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1994 No. 418.