EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 No. 272
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY REGULATIONS
Paragraphs 5(a) and (ba) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (the Act) provide for the imposition of levy on the grant of, or the renewal, of licences under section 9 of the Fisheries Act 1952.
The levy is imposed under the Act for the purpose of recovering fisheries management costs not otherwise recovered by fishery specific levies.
The regulations specify $395 as the amount of levy to be imposed on the first grant, or the first renewal, of a fisheries licence in respect of an Australian boat in a 12-month period.
The regulations repeal and replace the existing Fisheries Levy Regulations (Statutory Rules 1987/215). The regulations will take effect on gazettal.