EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 No. 211
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (SOUTH WESTERN SECTOR
TRAWL FISHERY! REGULATIONS
Section 8 of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (the Act) empowers the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of sections 5 and 6 of the Act.
Paragraph 5(b) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (‘the Act’) provides that levy is imposed on the endorsement of a licence, being an endorsement which is prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph. Subsection 6(1) provides that the amount of levy imposed by the Act on the endorsement of a licence is such amount as is specified in, or calculated in accordance with, the Regulations.
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, which is comprised of several areas, including the area specified in the Schedule to Fisheries Notice No. SET 2.
The Fisheries Levy (South Western Sector Trawl Fishery) Regulations specify the amount of levy imposed on the endorsement of a licence under Fisheries Notice No. SET 2 as being $14.74 for each unit of fishing capacity assigned to a boat under the Plan.
The Levy will be used to fund research into the Orange Roughy fish species.
The Regulations took effect on Gazettal.