Fisheries Management (Fishing Levy Collection) Regulations 2018

Fisheries Management (Fishing Levy Collection) Regulations 2018

made under the

Fisheries Management Act 1991

Compilation No. 7

Compilation date: 16 December 2025

Includes amendments: F2025L01582

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Fisheries Management (Fishing Levy Collection) Regulations 2018 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 16 December 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Contents

1 Name

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Collection and payment of levy

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

1  Name

  This instrument is the Fisheries Management (Fishing Levy Collection) Regulations 2018.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

4  Definitions

Note: Dealing is defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

  In this instrument:

leviable fishing concession has the same meaning as in the Levy Regulations.

leviable SESSF quota fishing permit has the same meaning as in section 18 of the Levy Regulations.

leviable SESSF quota SFR has the same meaning as in section 17 of the Levy Regulations.

levy means levy imposed by the Levy Act.

Levy Act means the Fishing Levy Act 1991.

Levy Regulations means the Fishing Levy Regulations 2018.

Management Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

5  Collection and payment of levy

 (1) For the purposes of sections 110 and 111 of the Management Act, this section provides for:

 (a) when levy is due and payable; and

 (b) the payment of levy by instalments.

Leviable fishing concessions—general

 (2) Subject to subsections (7) to (9), an amount of levy in respect of a leviable fishing concession must be paid in 3 approximately equal instalments.

 (3) The instalments are due and payable as follows:

 (a) the first instalment is due and payable on 11 February 2026;

 (b) the second instalment is due and payable on 8 April 2026;

 (c) the third instalment is due and payable on 3 June 2026.

 (4) Despite paragraph (3)(a), if a dealing occurs on or after 14 January 2026 and before 11 February 2026 that would, but for subsection 46(2) of the Management Act, have the effect of transferring the leviable fishing concession, the first instalment is due and payable on the earlier of:

 (a) 11 February 2026; and

 (b) the day before the day an application is made to register the dealing under section 46 of the Management Act.

 (5) Despite paragraph (3)(b), if a dealing occurs on or after 11 March 2026 and before 8 April 2026 that would, but for subsection 46(2) of the Management Act, have the effect of transferring the leviable fishing concession, the second instalment is due and payable on the earlier of:

 (a) 8 April 2026; and

 (b) the day before the day an application is made to register the dealing under section 46 of the Management Act.

 (6) Despite paragraph (3)(c), if a dealing occurs on or after 6 May 2026 and before 3 June 2026 that would, but for subsection 46(2) of the Management Act, have the effect of transferring the leviable fishing concession, the third instalment is due and payable on the earlier of:

 (a) 3 June 2026; and

 (b) the day before the day an application is made to register the dealing under section 46 of the Management Act.

Leviable SESSF quota fishing permits to which subsection 18(4) of the Levy Regulations applies

 (7) If subsection 18(4) of the Levy Regulations applies to a leviable SESSF quota fishing permit, the amount of levy in respect of the permit must be paid in 2 approximately equal instalments.

 (8) The instalments are due and payable as follows:

 (a) the first instalment is due and payable on 11 February 2026;

 (b) the second instalment is due and payable on 8 April 2026.

Certain leviable SESSF quota SFRs

 (9) An amount of levy in respect of a leviable SESSF quota SFR that authorises the taking of a quota species mentioned in item 14 or 17 of the table in subsection 17(3) of the Levy Regulations, or item 1, 2, 10 or 11 of the table in subsection 17(4) of that instrument, is due and payable on:

 (a) 3 June 2026; or

 (b) if a dealing occurs on or after 6 May 2026 and before 3 June 2026 that would, but for subsection 46(2) of the Management Act, have the effect of transferring the SFR—the earlier of:

 (i) 3 June 2026; and

 (ii) the day before the day an application is made to register the dealing under section 46 of the Management Act.

Note: Section 7 of the Levy Act provides that levy in respect of a fishing concession is payable by the person who, at the time at which the levy is due and payable, is the holder of the fishing concession.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

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Misdescribed amendments

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Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history