Fisheries (Administration) Regulations (Amendment) 1996 No. 41
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 41
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Resources and Energy
Fisheries Administration Act 1991
Fisheries (Administration) Regulations (Amendment)
The Fisheries Administration Act 1991 (the Act) provides, in section 114, that the Governor-General has power to make regulations prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed. Subsection 4(1) of the Act defines "peak industry body" to be such body (whether incorporated or otherwise) representative generally of persons engaged in the industry as is prescribed for the purposes of the definition. The previous Regulation 3 prescribed the National Fishing Industry Council to be the peak industry body.
The purpose of the amendment to the Regulations was to change the prescription of the peak industry body from "National Fishing Industry Council" to "Australian Seafood Industry Council Limited." This followed a change in the name of the organisation and a request from the organisation that Regulation 3 be amended to reflect the change.
Details of the Regulations are as follows.
Regulation 1 provides that the principal Regulations are amended as set out in this amendment.
Regulation 2 inserts a new Regulation 2A to the principal Regulations providing for "the Act" to be used to designate the Fisheries Administration Act 1991.
Regulation 3 omits Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations and substitutes a new Regulation 3 defining the peak industry body to be the Australian Seafood Industry Council Limited.
The Regulations commenced on gazettal.