Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2008 (Qld)

Queensland Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2008 Subordinate Legislation 2008 No. 360 made under the Rural and Regional Adjustment Act 1994 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 7 (Approval of schemes—Act, s 11) . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of schedule (Approved assistance schemes). . . . . . 2

Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2008 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2008 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the RuralandRegionalAdjustmentRegulation 2000. 3 Amendment of s 7 (Approval of schemes—Act, s 11) Section 7— insert— ‘(y) the Moreton Bay Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package Scheme set out in the schedule, part 25.’. 4 Amendment of schedule (Approved assistance schemes) Schedule— insert— ‘Part 25 Moreton Bay Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package Scheme ‘240 Definitions for pt 25 ‘In this part— eligible fishing licence means a commercial fishing boat licence or commercial harvest fishery licence under the Fisheries Act 1994 that may be surrendered to the State under the structural adjustment package. relevant chief executive means the chief executive of the department in which the MarineParksAct2004 is administered. scheme means the scheme set out in this part. Page 2 2008 SL No. 360

Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2008 [s 4] structural adjustment package means the Moreton Bay Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package established by the department in which the MarineParksAct2004 is administered to minimise the impacts on commercial fishers likely to arise because of the operation of the Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 . Editor’s note — Details of the structural adjustment package are available for inspection on the website of the department in which the Marine Parks Act 2004 is administered. ‘241 Objective of scheme ‘The objective of the scheme is to provide payments, and administer matters, in relation to the surrender of eligible fishing licences to the State under the structural adjustment package. ‘242 Purpose of assistance ‘The purpose of assistance under the scheme is to minimise the impacts on commercial fishers likely to arise because of the operation of the Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 by providing payment for the surrender of eligible fishing licences to the State. ‘243 Nature of assistance ‘The nature of assistance under the scheme is the payment of an amount to the holder of an eligible fishing licence for the surrender of the licence to the State under the structural adjustment package. ‘244 Eligibility criteria ‘For a person to be eligible to receive assistance under the scheme, the person must be the holder of an eligible fishing licence who— (a) the relevant chief executive— 2008 SL No. 360 Page 3

Rural and Regional Adjustment Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2008 [s 4] (i) is satisfied meets the eligibility criteria under the structural adjustment package for participating in the scheme; and (ii) decides may surrender the eligible fishing licence under the structural adjustment package; and (b) has been advised by the authority of the relevant chief executive’s decision. ‘245 Administrative functions of authority ‘(1) Particular administrative functions of the authority under the scheme include the following— (a) verifying and compiling relevant information about a fishing licence proposed to be surrendered under the structural adjustment package; (b) advising persons seeking to surrender a fishing licence under the structural adjustment package of the relevant chief executive’s decision about the proposed surrender; (c) providing payment to the holders of eligible fishing licences surrendered to the State, and coordinating matters relevant to providing the payment. ‘(2) In this section— fishing licence means a licence issued, and in force, under the Fisheries Act 1994 .’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 30 October 2008. 2 Notified in the gazette on 31 October 2008. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. © State of Queensland 2008 Page 4 2008 SL No. 360