EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1985 NO. 54
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industry
FISH (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
FISH (EXPORT INSPECTION CHARGE) ACT 1981
The Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Act 1981 (the Act) provides for the Governor-General to make regulations defining words and expressions for the purposes of the Act.
In Section 4 of the Act, “prescribed export permit” in relation to fish, is defined to mean “a licence, permit or other permission issued in relation to the export of those fish that is declared by the regulations to be a prescribed export permit”.
Regulation 2A of the Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations declares an export permit in force under regulation 22 of the Export Control (General) Regulations to be a prescribed export permit.
With effect on 29 April 1985 the Export Control (General)
Regulations were amended so that they no longer apply to fish for the purposes of the Export Control Act 1982. On that day orders made under regulation 3 of the Export Control (Orders) Regulations will come into effect that apply to fish for the purposes of the Export Control Act 1982. As a result the Fish (Export Inspection Charge) Regulations were amended to substitute a reference to such orders for the reference to regulation 22 of the Export Control (General) Regulations.