EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 81
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (SOUTH EAST TRAWL FISHERY)
REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Paragraphs 5(bc) and (bd) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (‘the Act’) impose levy on the allocation and the renewal of the allocation, respectively, of units of fishing capacity, being units of fishing capacity prescribed for the purposes of those paragraphs.
The South East Trawl Fishery Preliminary Management Plan (the Plan) provides that the fishing capacity of the South East Trawl Fishery shall be divided into units, which are defined as a measure of the engine power and hull size of boats in the fishery.
The plan provides for the allocation and renewal of the allocation of units of fishing capacity in the South East Trawl Fishery. Unit holders are granted access to the fishery when levy has been paid.
The Fisheries Levy (South East Trawl Fishery) Regulations (Amendment) specify $90.60 as the amount of levy payable in respect of the allocation of a unit and $30.14 in respect of the renewal of an allocation of a unit in the fishery.
The Regulations will take effect on Gazettal.