EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1988 No. 271
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA FISHERY) REGULATIONS
Paragraphs 5(bc) and (bd) of the Fisheries Levy Act (the Levy Act) provide for the imposition of levy on the allocation and renewal of allocation, respectively, of units of fishing capacity, being units of fishing capacity prescribed for the purposes of those paragraphs.
The Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Plan of Management provides for the allocation to persons, and the assignment to boats, of units of fishing capacity in that fishery. Unit holders are allowed access to the fishery when levy has been paid.
The regulations specify the amount of levy in respect of each unit of fishing capacity for the 1988/89 southern bluefin tuna season.
The regulations will take effect on gazettal.