{"id":"C2004L04703","name":"Fisheries Levy (Southern Shark Fishery) Regulations","slug":"fisheries-levy-southern-shark-fishery-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"61 of 1988","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27621,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L04703-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fisheries Levy (Southern Shark Fishery) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1988 No. 611\n\n–––––––\n\nFisheries Levy (Southern Shark 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 21 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 (Southern Shark Fishery) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“plan of management” means the Southern Shark Fishery Management Plan determined by the Minister on 19 April 1988 under subsection 7b (1) of the Fisheries Act 1952, 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 $250.\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 $250.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 April 1988.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1501},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations precisely implement their stated purpose of setting levy amounts for the Southern Shark Fishery, with no expansion beyond the authority granted by the Fisheries Levy Act 1984."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 regulations total","Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Fixed dollar amounts ($250) with no calculation formulas","Minimal cross-referencing limited to the parent Act and management plan"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets the fees (**levies**) that commercial fishers must pay to operate in the **Southern Shark Fishery**.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   Charges **$250** when a fisher is first allocated a \"unit of fishing capacity\" (essentially a permit or quota giving them the right to fish)\n*   Charges another **$250** when that fishing allocation is renewed\n\n**Key terms explained:**\n*   **Unit of fishing capacity**: A fishing right granted under the Southern Shark Fishery Management Plan (created in April 1988)\n*   **Levy**: A type of tax or fee imposed by the government\n\n**Who it affects:**\nCommercial fishing businesses holding permits in the Southern Shark Fishery (southern Australian waters).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis establishes the cost of obtaining and maintaining fishing rights in this specific fishery, directly impacting the operating costs for affected fishers and funding fisheries management."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-southern-shark-fishery-regulations","history":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-southern-shark-fishery-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-southern-shark-fishery-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-southern-shark-fishery-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-southern-shark-fishery-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fisheries-levy-southern-shark-fishery-regulations/documents"}}