EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1987 NO 323
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR RESOURCES
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT TRAWL FISHERY) REGULATIONS
Paragraph 5(b) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (“the Act”) provides for the imposition of a levy on endorsements under subsection 9(4) of the Fisheries Act 1952 of licences granted under that Act.
The regulations impose levy on four classes of licence endorsement, each of which authorizes access to an area of the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery
(a) $6000 for an endorsement permitting fishing activities in the whole fishery (otherwise prohibited by Fisheries Notice 187);
(b) $3000 for an endorsement permitting fishing activities in the whole fishery where an endorsement is already held for part of the fishery;
(c) $3000 for an endorsement permitting fishing activities in the western part of the fishery (otherwise prohibited by Fisheries Notice 188); and
(d) $3000 for an endorsement permitting fishing activities in the eastern part of the fishery (otherwise prohibited by Fisheries Notice 189).
The regulations will take effect on gazettal.