EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 210
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (EAST COAST TUNA LONGLINE FISHERY) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Paragraph 5(b) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (‘the Act’) provides for the imposition of levy upon the endorsement, under the Fisheries Act 1952 of a fisheries licence, being a class of endorsements prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph.
Subsection 6(1) of the Act provides, so far as is relevant, that the amount of levy imposed on the endorsement of a fisheries licence is such amount as is provided in the Regulations. Subsection 6(2) provides that Regulations made for this purpose may specify different amounts of levy in respect of endorsements of fisheries licences included in different classes of endorsements of fisheries licences.
The purpose of the proposed Regulations is to delete references to Fisheries Notice No. 214 which has been revoked and replaced by Fisheries Notice No. TEC1 and to specify different amounts of levy depending on the type of endorsement which authorises fishing in the East Coast Tuna Longline Fishery. The levy is imposed to recover management costs which are shared between endorsement holders in the fishery.
The Regulations will take effect on Gazettal.