EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 464
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy.
FISHERIES LEVY ACT 1984
FISHERIES LEVY (NORTH WEST SLOPE TRAWL FISHERY)
REGULATIONS
Subparagraph 5(b) of the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 (the Act) provides for the imposition of levy upon the endorsement of a licence granted under subsection 9(2) or 9(3) of the. Fisheries Act 1952 being an endorsement included in a class of endorsements prescribed for the purposes of that subparagraph.
Management arrangements for fisheries in waters off western and north-western Australia have been revised. Two new fisheries have been created in an area which includes the former Western Deep-water Trawl Fishery, the North West Shelf Deep-water Trawl Fishery and a previously unfished area. One of these new fisheries is the North West Slope Trawl Fishery which covers the shallower areas. These management arrangements were implemented by Fisheries Notice No. NWS1, published in the Gazette on 15 June 1990.
The levy set by the Fisheries Levy (North West Slope Trawl Fishery) Regulations is to recover management costs for the fishery. These management costs cover administration including consultative meetings with industry and research, data collection and processing.
Details of the Regulations are set out below.
Regulation 1 provides for citation of the Regulations as the Fisheries Levy (North West Slope Trawl Fishery) Regulations.
Regulation 2 defines the words “endorsement”, “licence”, “Notice” and “the Act” for the purposes of the Regulations.
Regulation 3 prescribes the of endorsement that the Regulations will apply to for the purposes of subparagraph 5(b) of the Act.
Regulation 4 specifies $4,100 as the amount of levy payable for an endorsement to a licence.
Regulation 5 repeals the Fisheries Levy (North West Shelf Deep-water Trawl Fishery) Regulations.