EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1988 NO 61
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (SOUTHERN SHARK FISHERY) REGULATIONS
Paragraphs 5(bc) and 5(bd) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (“The Act”) provide for the imposition of a levy on the allocation of units and the renewal of an allocation of units under a plan of management determined under subsection 7B(1) of the Fisheries Act 1952.
Plan of Management No. 18 (the Southern Shark Fishery Management Plan) provides for the allocation and the renewal of the allocation of units in the Southern Shark Fishery. Each unit represents an entitlement to use a gillnet of a designated size.
The regulations impose levy of $250 on the allocation and the renewal of an allocation of units in the Fishery.
The regulations will take effect on gazettal.