EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 463
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (EAST COAST TUNA PURSE SEINE
FISHERY) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Paragraph 5(b) of the Fisheries Lew Act 1984 (the Act) provides for the imposition of levy upon the endorsement of a licence granted under subsection 9(2) or 9(3) of the Fisheries Act 1952 being an endorsement included in a class of endorsements prescribed for the purposes of that subparagraph.
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 specified in the regulations.
The purpose of the Regulations is to set the rate of levy for access to the East Coast Tuna Purse Seine Fishery. Management of this fishery has been implemented through Fisheries Notice No. TEC2 published in the Gazette on 30 July 1990. This area of waters has not previously had formal management arrangements for purse-seining. The levy is to recover management costs for the East Coast Tuna Purse Seine Fishery.
Details of the Regulations are set out below.
Regulation 1 provides for citation of the Regulations as the Fisheries Levy (East Coast Tuna Purse Seine Fishery) Regulations.
Regulation 2 defines the words “endorsement”, “licence”, “Notice” and “the Act” for the purposes of the Regulations.
Regulation 3 prescribes endorsements to licences to permit activities otherwise prohibited by paragraphs 5(a) and 5 (b) of Fisheries Notice No. TEC 2 for the purposes of paragraph 5(b) of the Act.
Proposed Regulation 4 specifies $2,000 as the amount of levy payable for an endorsement to a licence for the whole area of the fishery (paragraph 5(a) of Fisheries Notice No. TEC2) and $1,000 as the- amount of levy payable for an endorsement to a licence for the offshore zone only (paragraph 5(b) of Fisheries Notice No. TEC2).
The Regulation took effect on Gazettal.