EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1989 No. 15
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (SOUTHERN SHARK FISHERY)
REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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 Shark Fishery Management Plan provides for the allocation and renewal of the allocation of units of fishing capacity in that fishery. Each unit represents an entitlement to use a gillnet of a designated size. Unit holders are allowed access to the fishery when levy has been paid.
The regulations specify $350 as the amount of levy in respect of the allocation and the renewal of an allocation of units in the fishery.
The regulations will take effect on gazettal.