EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 NO. 131
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary
Industries and Energy
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (EAST COAST DEEPWATER
FINFISH TRAWL FISHERY) REGULATIONS
Paragraph 5(b) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (‘the Act’) provides for the imposition of levy on endorsements under subsection 9(4) of the Fisheries Act 1952 of licences granted under that Act.
The regulations impose levy on six classes of licence endorsement, each of which authorise access to the East Coast Deepwater Finfish Trawl Fishery:
(a) $100 for a one month endorsement in respect of a boat that does not exceed 20 metres in length;
(b) $200 for a two month endorsement in respect of a boat that does not exceed 20 metres in length;
(c) $300 for a three month endorsement in respect of a boat that does not exceed 20 metres in length;
(d) $500 for a one month endorsement in respect of a boat that exceeds 20 metres in length;
(e) $1000 for a two month endorsement in respect of a boat that exceeds 20 metres in length; and
(f) $1,500 for a three month endorsement in respect of a boat that exceeds 20 metres in length.