{"id":"C2004L04661","name":"Fisheries Levy (Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery) Regulations","slug":"c2004l04661","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"421 of 1990","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":321047,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04661-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fisheries Levy (Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1990 No. 4211\n\n–––––––\n\nFisheries Levy (Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery) Regulations\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Fisheries Levy Act 1984.\n\nDated 17 December 1990.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJ. KERIN\n\nMinister of State for Primary Industries and Energy\n\n–––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Levy (Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“plan of management” means the Plan of Management No. GAB 1 determined on 15 December 1989 under subsection 7b (1) of the Fisheries Act 1952 the making of which was notified in the Gazette on 20 December 1989, as that plan of management is in force from time to time;\n\n“the Act” means the Fisheries Levy Act 1984.\n\nPrescribing units of fishing capacity—section 5 of the Act\n\n3. For the purposes of paragraphs 5 (bc) and (bd) of the Act, a unit of fishing capacity allocated in accordance with the plan of management is a prescribed unit of fishing capacity.\n\n  \nAmount of levy\n\n4. For the purposes of subsection 6 (1) of the Act, $6,000 is specified as the amount of levy on the allocation or the renewal of the allocation of a unit of fishing capacity mentioned in regulation 3.\n\nRepeal\n\n5. Statutory Rules 1987 No. 323 are repealed.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1990.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2627},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations maintain a narrow, technical focus on prescribing the levy amount for the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery consistent with the enabling Fisheries Levy Act 1984, without expanding into unrelated policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length (5 regulations total)","Minimal definitions section (only 2 defined terms)","Single fixed monetary amount with no calculations, variables, or sliding scales","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","External references to Plan of Management No. GAB 1 and Fisheries Levy Act 1984 sections require cross-referencing to fully understand the charging mechanism"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does**\n\nThese regulations set a **$6,000 levy** (fee) that commercial fishers must pay when they are allocated fishing rights, or when they renew those rights, in the **Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery**.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\nCommercial fishers who hold \"units of fishing capacity\" (a form of tradable fishing quota) under **Plan of Management No. GAB 1**. This only applies to operators using trawl gear in the Great Australian Bight; recreational fishers and other fisheries are not affected.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis fee helps fund the administration and management of the fishery. The regulations replace the previous 1987 fee structure, updating the cost of accessing this specific Commonwealth fishery.\n\n**In simple terms**: If you want to run a commercial trawler in the Great Australian Bight, you need to pay $6,000 per fishing unit to the government when you first get your allocation or renew it."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c2004l04661","history":"/api/acts/c2004l04661/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c2004l04661/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c2004l04661/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c2004l04661/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c2004l04661/documents"}}