{"id":"C2004L04687","name":"Fisheries Levy (South East Trawl Fishery) Regulations","slug":"fisheries-levy-south-east-trawl-fishery-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"53 of 1988","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27618,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04687-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fisheries Levy (South East Trawl Fishery) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1988 No. 531\n\n–––––––\n\nFisheries Levy (South East 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 13 April 1988.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nJOHN KERIN\n\nMinister of State for Primary Industries\n\nand Energy\n\n–––––––––\n\nCitation\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Levy (South East Trawl Fishery) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“plan of management” means the South East Trawl Fishery Preliminary Management Plan determined by the Minister on 27 January 1988 under subsection 7b (1) of the Fisheries Act 1952 notice of the making of which was published in the Gazette on 5 February 1988, as that plan is in force from time to time;\n\n“the Act” means the Fisheries Levy Act 1984.\n\nPrescribed units of fishing capacity\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  \nAmounts of levy\n\n4\\. (1) The amount of levy imposed by paragraph 5 (bc) of the Act on the allocation of a prescribed unit of fishing capacity is $27.90.\n\n(2) The amount of levy imposed by paragraph 5 (bd) of the Act on the renewal of the allocation of a prescribed unit of fishing capacity is $27.90.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 April 1988.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1889},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: setting specific levy amounts for the South East Trawl Fishery. It does not expand beyond the authority granted by the Fisheries Levy Act 1984 and introduces no additional regulatory burdens beyond the fee amounts themselves."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length (only 4 operative clauses)","Minimal definitions (only 2 defined terms)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Simple flat-fee structure with no calculation formulas","Limited cross-referencing (only to specific paragraphs of the parent Act and one external management plan)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets the fees (**levies**) that commercial fishers must pay to access the **South East Trawl Fishery**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Charges **$27.90** when a fisher is first allocated a \"unit of fishing capacity\" (essentially, a permit to fish a certain quota) under the fishery's management plan.\n- Charges **$27.90** again when that permit is renewed.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nCommercial fishers in the South East Trawl Fishery who hold or apply for fishing quota units under the 1988 management plan.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nIt fixes the price for obtaining and maintaining commercial fishing rights in this specific fishery. The regulation operates under the *Fisheries Levy Act 1984*, which authorizes the government to collect these fees to help manage Commonwealth fisheries."},"summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations establish the levy amount for units of fishing capacity in the South East Trawl Fishery. They do not amend other regulations."},"complexity_factors":["The regulation only prescribes a single levy amount and does not contain complex administrative or licensing rules.","The instrument is short and self-contained, relying on an external management plan for definitions.","No multi-layered duties, exemptions, or procedural steps are involved."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations require a $27.90 levy per unit of fishing capacity in the South East Trawl Fishery, payable on initial allocation and on renewal. They apply to anyone allocated or renewing capacity units, are administrative (do not create fishing rights), and are collected by Commonwealth fisheries officers — check for later changes to the levy or management plan."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-south-east-trawl-fishery-regulations","history":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-south-east-trawl-fishery-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-south-east-trawl-fishery-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-south-east-trawl-fishery-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-south-east-trawl-fishery-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-south-east-trawl-fishery-regulations/documents"}}