EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 NO. 133
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (EAST COAST TUNA LONGLINE FISHERY) REGULATIONS
Paragraph 5(b) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (‘the Act’) provides for the imposition of levy on the endorsement, under subsection 9(4) the Fisheries Act 1952, of licences granted under that Act..
Management costs for the East Coast Tuna Longline Fishery are recoverable through levy imposed under the Act. In accordance with the recommendations developed by an industry/government advisory committee, and approved by the Australian Fisheries Council (AFC), the amount of levy payable for 1988/89 has been set at $2,000 for each of the two inshore endorsements and $1,000 for an offshore endorsement. The AFC comprises Commonwealth and State Ministers responsible for fisheries.
The regulations specify the amount of levy to be imposed on these three classes of endorsement of a fisheries licence authorising fishing in the East Coast Tuna Longline Fishery.
The regulations will take effect on 1 July 1988.