{"id":"C2004L01998","name":"Fishing Levy Regulations","slug":"fishing-levy-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"312 of 1997","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":25572,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L01998-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fishing Levy Regulations","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nFishing Levy Regulations\n\nSR 1997 No. 312 as amended\n\nmade under the\n\nFishing Levy Act 1991 and the Fisheries Management Act 1991\n\nConsolidated as in force on 29 September 1998\n\n(includes amendments up to SR 1998 No. 205)\n\nPrepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting, \nAttorney-General’s Department, Canberra\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nFishing Levy Regulations\n\nSR 1997 No. 312 as amended\n\nmade under the\n\nFishing Levy Act 1991 and the Fisheries Management Act 1991\n\nContents\n\nPage\n\nPart 1 Preliminary\n\n1.1 Citation \\[see Note 1\\] 5\n\n1.2 Interpretation 5\n\nPart 2 Bass Strait Scallop Fishery\n\n2.1 Definition 7\n\n2.2 Amount of levy 7\n\n2.3 When levy must be paid 7\n\nPart 3 Coral Sea Fishery\n\n3.1 Definition 8\n\n3.2 Amount of levy 8\n\n3.3 When levy must be paid 8\n\nPart 4 Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery\n\nDivision 4.1 Preliminary\n\n4.1 Definitions 9\n\nDivision 4.2 Amount of levy\n\n4.2 Amount of levy 10\n\n4.3 Fishing permits for single sector 10\n\n4.4 Fishing permits for 2 or more sectors 10\n\n4.5 Certain permits held by persons not granted fishing permit in 1996-97 10\n\nDivision 4.3 Time for payment\n\n4.6 When levy must be paid 12\n\n4.7 Refund or remission of levy 12\n\nPart 5 Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery\n\n5.1 Definition 13\n\n5.2 Amount of levy 13\n\n5.3 When levy must be paid 13\n\nPart 5A Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery\n\n5A.1 Definition 14\n\n5A.2 Amount of levy 14\n\n5A.3 When levy must be paid 14\n\nPart 6 Jack Mackerel Fishery\n\n6.1 Definitions 15\n\n6.2 Amount of levy 15\n\n6.3 When levy must be paid 15\n\nPart 7 Macquarie Island Developmental Fishery\n\n7.1 Definition 16\n\n7.2 Amount of levy 16\n\n7.3 When levy must be paid 16\n\nPart 8 North West Slope Trawl Fishery\n\n8.1 Definition 17\n\n8.2 Amount of levy 17\n\n8.3 When levy must be paid 17\n\nPart 9 Northern Prawn Fishery\n\n9.1 Definition 18\n\n9.2 Amount of levy 18\n\n9.3 When levy must be paid 18\n\nPart 10 South East Non-trawl Fishery\n\n10.1 Definitions 19\n\n10.2 Amount of levy 19\n\n10.3 When levy must be paid 19\n\nPart 11 South East Trawl Fishery\n\n11.1 Definitions 21\n\n11.2 Amount of levy 21\n\n11.3 When levy must be paid 21\n\nPart 12 Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery\n\n12.1 Definitions 23\n\n12.2 Amount of levy 23\n\n12.3 When levy must be paid 23\n\nPart 13 Southern Shark Fishery\n\n13.1 Definitions 25\n\n13.2 Amount of levy 25\n\n13.3 When levy must be paid 25\n\nPart 14 Southern Squid Fishery\n\n14.1 Definition 26\n\n14.2 Amount of levy 26\n\n14.3 When levy must be paid 26\n\nPart 15 Southern Tuna and Billfish Fishery and Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery\n\n15.1 Definitions 27\n\n15.2 Amount of levy 27\n\n15.3 Refund or remission of levy 28\n\n15.4 When levy must be paid 28\n\nPart 15A South Tasman Rise Fishery\n\n15A.1 Definitions 29\n\n15A.2 Amount of levy 29\n\n15A.3 When levy must be paid 29\n\nPart 16 Western Deep Water Trawl Fishery\n\n16.1 Definition 30\n\n16.2 Amount of levy 30\n\n16.3 When levy must be paid 30\n\nPart 17 Other fisheries\n\n17.1 Definitions 31\n\n17.2 Amount of levy 31\n\n17.3 When levy must be paid 31\n\nPart 18 Repeal\n\n18.1 Repeal of Fishing Levy (All Fisheries) Regulations 32\n\nSchedule 1 Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery — amounts of levy 33\n\nPart 1 Permits\n\nPart 2 Certain permits held by holders of earlier permits for the area of the East Coast Tuna fishery\n\nSchedule 2 South East Trawl Fishery — amounts of levy 36\n\nPart 1 Quota species\n\nPart 2 Amounts of levy — quota species (except gemfish and orange roughy)\n\nPart 3 Amounts of levy — gemfish and orange roughy in species sectors\n\nDo not delete : Chapter placeholder\n\nPart 1 Preliminary\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n1.1 Citation \\[see Note 1\\]\n\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Levy Regulations.\n\n1.2 Interpretation\n\n(1) In these Regulations:\n\n> holder, of a fishing concession, means the person to whom the concession was granted or, if the person has transferred the concession to someone else, the other person.\n\n> invoice date, for levy, or an instalment of levy, payable for a fishing concession, means the date mentioned on the invoice issued by AFMA for the levy or instalment.\n\n> Levy Act means the Fishing Levy Act 1991.\n\n> Management Act means the Fisheries Management Act 1991.\n\n(2) Unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n(a) a reference in these Regulations to a named fishery that is described by that name in regulation 4B of the Fisheries Management Regulations is a reference to the fishery as described; and\n\n(b) any other word or expression used in these Regulations and in the Fisheries Management Regulations has the same meaning in these Regulations as in those Regulations.\n\n> Note 1 The fisheries described in regulation 4B of the Fisheries Management Regulations, at the commencement of these Regulations, are:\n\n> Note: (a) the Bass Strait Scallop Fishery;\n\n> Note: (b) the Coral Sea Fishery;\n\n> Note: (c) the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery;\n\n> Note: (d) the Jack Mackerel Fishery;\n\n> Note: (e) the Macquarie Island Developmental Fishery;\n\n> Note: (f) the North West Slope Trawl Fishery;\n\n> Note: (g) the South East Non-trawl Fishery;\n\n> Note: (h) the South East Trawl Fishery;\n\n> Note: (i) the Southern Shark Fishery;\n\n> Note: (j) the Southern Squid Fishery;\n\n> Note: (k) the Southern Tuna and Billfish Fishery;\n\n> Note: (l) the Western Deep Water Trawl Fishery; and\n\n> Note: (m) the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery.\n\n> Note 2 The following plans of management have been made under section 17 of the Management Act:\n\n> Note: (a) the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Management Plan (notified in Gazette No. S205 of 2 July 1993);\n\n> Note: (b) the Northern Prawn Trawl Fishery Management Plan 1995 (notified in Gazette No. S49 of 10 February 1995);\n\n> Note: (c) the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995 (notified in Gazette No. S34 of 3 February 1995).\n\n> Note 3 Under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989, a part (the research component) of the levy imposed by the Fishing Levy Act 1991 is to be paid to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation for research and development activities relating to the fishing industry. The research component of each levy amount is set out in a note following the regulation that states that amount.\n\nPart 2 Bass Strait Scallop Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n2.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> BSSF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Bass Strait Scallop Fishery.\n\n2.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for a BSSF fishing permit in force in the period from 1 June 1997 to 31 May 1998 (inclusive) is $2,150.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $60.\n\n2.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for a BSSF fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 23 January 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 3 Coral Sea Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n3.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> CSF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Coral Sea Fishery.\n\n3.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for a CSF fishing permit in force in the financial year beginning on 1 July 1997 is $1,200.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $60.\n\n3.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for a CSF fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 30 January 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 4 Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery\n\nDivision 4.1 Preliminary\n\n4.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> ETBF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery.\n\n> sector of the Fishery means a sector described in subregulation 4C (1) of the Fisheries Management Regulations.\n\n> tuna has the meaning given by subregulation 4C (3) of the Fisheries Management Regulations.\n\nDivision 4.2 Amount of levy\n\n4.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an ETBF fishing permit, for the financial year (or any part of the year) beginning on 1 July 1997 is the amount stated in whichever of the following provisions of this Division applies to the permit.\n\n> Note The research component of each levy amount is set out in Schedule 1.\n\n4.3 Fishing permits for single sector\n\n(1) The amount of levy for an ETBF fishing permit that authorises fishing in a single sector of the Fishery is the amount stated in column 3 in the item in Part 1 of Schedule 1 for the sector.\n\n(2) This regulation does not apply to a fishing permit to which regulation 4.5 applies.\n\n4.4 Fishing permits for 2 or more sectors\n\n(1) The amount of levy for an ETBF fishing permit that authorises fishing in 2 or more sectors of the Fishery is the greater or greatest of the amounts of levy stated in column 3 in the items in Part 1 of Schedule 1 for the sectors.\n\n(2) This regulation does not apply to a fishing permit to which regulation 4.5 applies.\n\n4.5 Certain permits held by persons not granted fishing permit in 1996-97\n\n(1) This regulation applies to an ETBF fishing permit, for the financial year (or any part of the financial year) beginning on \n1 July 1997 if, in the financial year beginning on 1 July 1996, the holder:\n\n(a) was not granted an ETBF fishing permit; but\n\n(b) held an existing ETBF fishing permit.\n\n(2) The amount of levy for the permit is:\n\n(a) if the permit authorises fishing in a single sector of the Fishery — the amount stated in column 3 in the item in Part 2 of Schedule 1 for the sector; or\n\n(b) if the permit authorises fishing in 2 or more sectors of the Fishery — the greater or greatest of the amounts stated in column 3 in the item or items in Part 2 of Schedule 1 for the sectors.\n\nDivision 4.3 Time for payment\n\n4.6 When levy must be paid\n\n(1) For section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an ETBF fishing permit must be paid in 2 equal instalments in accordance with subregulations (2) and (3).\n\n(2) The first instalment must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 10 December 1997; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment.\n\n(3) The second instalment must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 31 March 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment.\n\n4.7 Refund or remission of levy\n\nIf the holder of an ETBF fishing permit surrenders the permit by giving written notice to AFMA on or before 11 November 1997, AFMA must:\n\n(a) if the holder has paid levy for the permit — refund the levy paid; or\n\n(b) in any other case — remit the levy payable for the permit.\n\nPart 5 Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n5.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> GABTF fishing right means a statutory fishing right within the meaning of the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery Management Plan, as in force from time to time.\n\n5.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for a GABTF fishing right is, for each financial year (or any part of the year) in which the fishing right is in force, $9,901.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $1,149.\n\n5.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for a GABTF fishing right must be paid:\n\n(a) for the first financial year, or part of the year, in which the fishing right is in force — 28 days after the invoice date for the levy; and\n\n(b) for each following financial year, or part of the year, in which the fishing right is in force — on or before the later of:\n\n(i) 23 January in the year; and\n\n(ii) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 5A Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n5A.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> HIMI fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery.\n\n> Note The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery is described in paragraph 4B (ca) of the Fisheries Management Regulations.\n\n5A.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for a HIMI fishing permit in force in the period from 21 April to 6 November 1998 (inclusive) is $40,370.\n\n5A.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for a HIMI fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 28 July 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 6 Jack Mackerel Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n6.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> first permit means a JMF fishing permit that:\n\n(a) was granted before the commencement of these Regulations; and\n\n(b) came into force on or after 1 July 1996.\n\n> JMF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Jack Mackerel Fishery.\n\n6.2 Amount of levy\n\n(1) For section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for a JMF fishing permit in force in the period from 1 March 1998 to 28 February 1999 (inclusive) is $1,000.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $60.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a JMF fishing permit (the second permit) if:\n\n(a) the second permit is granted to a person who, at the time of the grant, is the holder of a first permit; and\n\n(b) the first and second permits apply to the same boat.\n\n(3) It is not material that the first and second permits authorise fishing:\n\n(a) by the same fishing method, or by different methods; or\n\n(b) in the same area, or in different areas.\n\n6.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for a JMF fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 30 April 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 7 Macquarie Island Developmental Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n7.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> MIDF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Macquarie Island Developmental Fishery.\n\n7.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an MIDF fishing permit in force in the period from 22 September 1997 to 31 August 1998 (inclusive) is $173,000.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $60.\n\n7.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an MIDF fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 27 February 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 8 North West Slope Trawl Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n8.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> NWSTF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the North West Slope Trawl Fishery.\n\n8.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an NWSTF fishing permit in force in the financial year beginning on 1 July 1997 is $4,266.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $194.\n\n8.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an NWSTF fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 23 January 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 9 Northern Prawn Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n9.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> NPF fishing right means:\n\n(a) an active Class A statutory fishing right within the meaning of the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995, as in force from time to time; or\n\n(b) a surplus Class A statutory fishing right within the meaning of that Plan.\n\n9.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an NPF fishing right is:\n\n(a) for each financial year in which the fishing right is in force on 23 December — $53.61; or\n\n(b) for each financial year in which the fishing right is in force on 13 July — $34.26.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount mentioned in paragraph 9.2 (a) is $5.61.\n\n9.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act:\n\n(a) levy for an NPF fishing right in force on 23 December 1997 must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(i) 23 December 1997; and\n\n(ii) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy; and\n\n(b) levy for an NPF fishing right in force on 13 July 1998 must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(i) 13 July 1998; and\n\n(ii) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 10 South East Non-trawl Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n10.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> key species means any of the following species:\n\n(a) blue-eye trevalla (Hyperoglyphe antarctica);\n\n(b) ling (Genypterus blacodes);\n\n(c) blue warehou (Seriolella brama).\n\n> SENTF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the South East Non-trawl Fishery.\n\n10.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an SENTF fishing permit in force in the year beginning on 1 January 1998 is:\n\n(a) if the permit authorises fishing for 1 or more key species — $3,255; and\n\n(b) if the permit does not authorise fishing for any key species — $2,405.\n\n> Note The research component of each levy amount is $55.\n\n10.3 When levy must be paid\n\n(1) For section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an SENTF fishing permit must be paid:\n\n(a) if the permit is granted before 14 April 1998 — in accordance with subregulation (2); and\n\n(b) if the permit is granted on or after 14 April 1998 — in accordance with subregulation (3).\n\n(2) For paragraph (1) (a):\n\n(a) the first instalment of one third of the total amount of the levy must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(i) 28 January 1998; and\n\n(ii) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment; and\n\n(b) the second instalment of the remainder must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(i) 12 May 1998; and\n\n(ii) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment.\n\n(3) For the paragraph (1) (b), the total amount of levy must be paid on or before 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 11 South East Trawl Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n11.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> quota species means a species of fish mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 2.\n\n> quota units, for a fishing permit and a quota species, means the quantity of the quota species, expressed as a number of units, mentioned in a condition of the permit as the quantity of the species that may be taken under the permit.\n\n> SETF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the South East Trawl Fishery.\n\n11.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an SETF fishing permit in force in the year beginning on 1 January 1998 is the total of:\n\n(a) for each quota species (except gemfish or orange roughy) mentioned in the permit — the amount calculated by multiplying the number of quota units by the amount stated in column 3 in the item in Part 2 of Schedule 2 for the species; and\n\n(b) for gemfish and orange roughy, if mentioned in the permit — the amount calculated by multiplying the number of quota units by the amount stated in column 3 in the item in Part 3 of Schedule 2 for the species and the species sector.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount for each kind of fishing permit is set out in a table following Part 3 of Schedule 2.\n\n11.3 When levy must be paid\n\n(1) For section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an SETF fishing permit must be paid:\n\n(a) if the permit is granted before 14 April 1998 — in accordance with subregulation (2); and\n\n(b) if the permit is granted on or after 14 April 1998 — in accordance with subregulation (3).\n\n(2) For paragraph (1) (a):\n\n(a) the first instalment of one third of the total amount of the levy must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(i) 28 January 1998; and\n\n(ii) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment; and\n\n(b) the second instalment of the remainder must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(i) 12 May 1998; and\n\n(ii) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment.\n\n(3) For paragraph (1) (b), the total amount of levy must be paid on or before 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 12 Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n12.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> SBTF fishing right means a statutory fishing right described in clause 8 of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995, as in force from time to time.\n\n> season has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management (Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery) Regulations.\n\n> Note Regulation 2A of the Fisheries Management (Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery) Regulations defines season to mean:\n\n(a) the period commencing at the beginning of 16 December 1996 and ending at the end of 30 November 1997; and\n\n(b) for subsequent seasons — the period commencing at the beginning of 1 December in a year and ending at the end of \n30 November in the following year.\n\n12.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an SBTF fishing right is, for each season (or any part of the season) in which the fishing right is in force, 11.43 cents.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is 2.7 cents.\n\n12.3 When levy must be paid\n\n(1) For section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an SBTF fishing right must be paid, for each season (or any part of the season) in which the fishing right is in force, in 3 equal instalments in accordance with subregulations (2), (3) and (4).\n\n(2) The first instalment must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 16 December in the season; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment.\n\n(3) The second instalment must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 16 February in the season; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment.\n\n(4) The third instalment must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 1 May in the season; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the instalment.\n\nPart 13 Southern Shark Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n13.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> net unit means a unit of size of a gillnet.\n\n> SSF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Southern Shark Fishery.\n\n13.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an SSF fishing permit in force in the financial year beginning on 1 July 1997 is:\n\n(a) if the permit authorises fishing by the use of a gillnet — $771 for each net unit specified in a condition of the permit; and\n\n(b) if the permit authorises fishing by the use of hooks:\n\n(i) if it is a condition of the permit that not more than 1,000 hooks may be used — $721; and\n\n(ii) if it is a condition of the permit that not more than 2,000 hooks may be used — $1,442.\n\n> Note The research component of each levy is:\n\n(a) for a permit referred to in paragraph 13.02 (a) (gill net) — $46; and\n\n(b) for a permit referred to in subparagraph 13.02 (b) (i) (1000 hooks) — $43; and\n\n(c) for a permit referred to in subparagraph 13.02 (b) (ii) (2,000 hooks — $86.\n\n13.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an SSF fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 27 March 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 14 Southern Squid Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n14.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> SQDF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Southern Squid Fishery.\n\n14.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an SQDF fishing permit in force in the period from 1 September 1997 to 31 August 1998 (inclusive) is $820.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $60.\n\n14.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an SQDF fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 12 December 1997; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 15 Southern Tuna and Billfish Fishery and Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n15.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> STBF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Southern Tuna and Billfish Fishery.\n\n> WTBF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery.\n\n15.2 Amount of levy\n\n(1) For section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for an STBF or WTBF fishing permit in force in the financial year beginning on 1 July 1997 is:\n\n(a) if the permit authorises the use of a purse-seine fishing method — $1,750; and\n\n(b) if the permit authorises the use of a pelagic longline fishing method — $1,250; and\n\n(c) if the permit authorises the use of any other line fishing method — $850; and\n\n(d) if the permit authorises the use of more than 1 fishing method in a fishery — the greater or greatest of the amounts applicable to the permit under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).\n\n(2) However, the amount of levy prescribed for an STBF or WTBF fishing permit is $300, if the permit:\n\n(a) is granted to the holder of a statutory fishing right under the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management Plan 1995, as in force from time to time; and\n\n(b) is expressed not to be transferable; and\n\n(c) authorises the taking, by any fishing method, of bycatch as a consequence of the taking of southern bluefin tuna, in accordance with the limits stated in the permit.\n\n> Note The research component of any of the levy amounts is $60.\n\n15.3 Refund or remission of levy\n\nIf the holder of an STBF or WTBF fishing permit surrenders the permit by giving written notice to AFMA on or before 16 January 1998, AFMA must:\n\n(a) if the holder has paid levy for the permit — refund the levy paid; or\n\n(b) in any other case — remit the levy payable for the permit.\n\n15.4 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an STBF or WTBF fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 20 February 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 15A South Tasman Rise Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n15A.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> leviable quantity, for a STR fishing permit under which orange roughy may be taken, means the quantity of orange roughy that is:\n\n(a) taken under the permit; and\n\n(b) landed in the period from 5 March to 31 August 1998 (inclusive).\n\n> orange roughy means fish of the species Hoplosthethus atlanticus.\n\n> STR fishing permit means a fishing permit for the South Tasman Rise Fishery.\n\n> Note The South Tasman Rise Fishery is described in paragraph 4B (ka) of the Fisheries Management Regulations.\n\n15A.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for a leviable quantity is 10 cents per kilogram.\n\n15A.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for an STR fishing permit must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 28 July 1998; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 16 Western Deep Water Trawl Fishery\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n16.1 Definition\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> WDWTF fishing permit means a fishing permit for the Western Deep Water Trawl Fishery.\n\n16.2 Amount of levy\n\nFor section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for a WDWTF fishing permit is, for each financial year (or part of the year) in which the permit is in force, $4,167.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $75.\n\n16.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for a WDWTF fishing permit for each financial year, or part of the year, in which the permit is in force must be paid on or before the later of:\n\n(a) 23 January in that financial year; and\n\n(b) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 17 Other fisheries\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n17.1 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\n> fishing concession means a fishing concession that authorises the use of a boat in an informally managed fishery.\n\n> informally managed fishery means a fishery:\n\n(a) for which a plan of management has not been made under section 17 of the Act; and\n\n(b) that is not described in regulation 4B of the Fisheries Management Regulations.\n\n17.2 Amount of levy\n\n(1) For section 6 of the Levy Act, the amount of levy for a fishing concession is, for each year (or part of the year) in which the concession is in force, $700.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a fishing concession if:\n\n(a) the boat authorised for prospective use under the concession is also authorised for use under a fishing concession for another informally managed fishery; or\n\n(b) the concession authorises only the testing of fishing equipment.\n\n> Note The research component of the levy amount is $60.\n\n17.3 When levy must be paid\n\nFor section 110 of the Management Act, levy for a fishing concession must be paid:\n\n(a) on the grant of the concession; and\n\n(b) while the concession remains in force — on or before the later of:\n\n(i) each anniversary of the grant of the concession; and\n\n(ii) 28 days after the invoice date for the levy.\n\nPart 18 Repeal\n\nDo not delete : Division placeholder\n\n18.1 Repeal of Fishing Levy (All Fisheries) Regulations\n\nStatutory Rules 1996 No. 316 are repealed.\n\nSchedule 1 Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery — amounts of levy\n\n(regulations 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5)\n\nPart 1 Permits\n\n| Column 1Item | Column 2Sector | Column 3Amount$ |\n| ------------ | ------------------------ | --------------- |\n| 1 | Bycatch | 300 |\n| 2 | ML Sector | 783 |\n| 3 | PL Sector | 783 |\n| 4 | PLL (Sub-area 1) Sector | 3,262 |\n| 5 | PLL (Sub-area 2) Sector | 2,924 |\n| 6 | PLL (Sub-area 4) Sector | 1,628 |\n| 7 | PLL (Sub-area 5) Sector | 1,556 |\n| 8 | PLL (Sub-area 6) Sector | 1,556 |\n| 9 | PLL (Sub-area 7) Sector | 1,556 |\n| 10 | PLL (Sub-area 8) Sector | 1,556 |\n| 11 | PLL (Sub-area 9) Sector | 1,000 |\n| 12 | PLL (Sub-area 10) Sector | 300 |\n| 13 | PS (Sub-area 3) Sector | 4,171 |\n| 14 | PS (Sub-area 4) Sector | 2,593 |\n| 15 | PS (Sub-area 6) Sector | 3,213 |\n| 16 | PS (Sub-area 7) Sector | 2,255 |\n\n> Note The research component of each levy is:\n\n| | | $ |\n| --- | -------------------------------- | ---- |\n| 1 | for bycatch | 173 |\n| 2 | for the ML Sector | 173 |\n| 3 | for the PL Sector | 173 |\n| 4 | for the PLL (Sub-area 1) Sector | 173 |\n| 5 | for the PLL (Sub-area 2) Sector | 173 |\n| 6 | for the PLL (Sub-area 4) Sector | 173 |\n| 7 | for the PLL (Sub-area 5) Sector | 173 |\n| 8 | for the PLL (Sub-area 6) Sector | 173 |\n| 9 | for the PLL (Sub-area 7) Sector | 173 |\n| 10 | for the PLL (Sub-area 8) Sector | 173 |\n| 11 | for the PLL (Sub-area 9) Sector | nil |\n| 12 | for the PLL (Sub-area 10) Sector | 173 |\n| 13 | for the PS (Sub-area 3) Sector | 455 |\n| 14 | for the PS (Sub-area 4) Sector | 455 |\n| 15 | for the PS (Sub-area 6) Sector | 455 |\n| 16 | for the PS (Sub-area 7) Sector | 455. |\n\nPart 2 Certain permits held by holders of earlier permits for the area of the East Coast Tuna fishery\n\n| Column 1Item | Column 2Sector | Column 3Amount$ |\n| ------------ | ----------------------- | --------------- |\n| 1 | ML Sector | 1,501 |\n| 2 | PLL (Sub-area 1) Sector | 6,547 |\n| 3 | PLL (Sub-area 2) Sector | 5,859 |\n| 4 | PLL (Sub-area 4) Sector | 3,221 |\n| 5 | PLL (Sub-area 5) Sector | nil |\n| 6 | PLL (Sub-area 6) Sector | 3,074 |\n| 7 | PLL (Sub-area 7) Sector | 3,074 |\n| 8 | PLL (Sub-area 8) Sector | 3,074 |\n| 9 | PLL (Sub-area 9) Sector | 2,000 |\n| 10 | PS (Sub-area 3) Sector | 8,349 |\n| 11 | PS (Sub-area 4) Sector | 5,137 |\n| 12 | PS (Sub-area 6) Sector | 6,399 |\n| 13 | PS (Sub-area 7) Sector | 4,449 |\n\n> Note The research component of each levy amount is:\n\n| | | $ |\n| --- | ------------------------------- | ---- |\n| 1 | for the ML Sector | 173 |\n| 2 | for the PLL (Sub-area 1) Sector | 173 |\n| 3 | for the PLL (Sub-area 2) Sector | 173 |\n| 4 | for the PLL (Sub-area 4) Sector | 173 |\n| 5 | for the PLL (Sub-area 5) Sector | 173 |\n| 6 | for the PLL (Sub-area 6) Sector | 173 |\n| 7 | for the PLL (Sub-area 7) Sector | 173 |\n| 8 | for the PLL (Sub-area 8) Sector | 173 |\n| 9 | for the PLL (Sub-area 9) Sector | nil |\n| 10 | for the PS (Sub-area 3) Sector | 455 |\n| 11 | for the PS (Sub-area 4) Sector | 455 |\n| 12 | for the PS (Sub-area 6) Sector | 455 |\n| 13 | for the PS (Sub-area 7) Sector | 455. |\n\nSchedule 2 South East Trawl Fishery — amounts of levy\n\n(regulations 11.1 and 11.2)\n\nPart 1 Quota species\n\n| Column 1Item | Column 2Common name | Column 3Scientific name |\n| ------------ | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | Blue eye trevalla | Hyperoglyphe antarctica |\n| 2 | Blue grenadier | Macruronus novaezelandiae |\n| 3 | Blue warehou | Seriolella brama |\n| 4 | Flathead | Neoplatycephalus aurimaculatusNeoplatycephalus richardsoniPlatycephalus bassensisPlatycephalus caeruleopunctatusPlatycephalus speculator |\n| 5 | Gemfish | Rexea solandri |\n| 6 | Jackass morwong | Nemadactylus macropterus |\n| 7 | John Dory | Zeus faber |\n| 8 | Ling | Genypterus blacodes |\n| 9 | Mirror dory | Zenopsis nebulosus |\n| 10 | Ocean perch | Helicolenus species |\n| 11 | Orange roughy | Hoplostethus atlanticus |\n| 12 | Redfish | Centroberyx affinis |\n| 13 | Royal red prawn | Haliporoides sibogae |\n| 14 | School whiting | Sillago flindersi |\n| 15 | Silver trevally | Pseudocaranx dentex |\n| 16 | Spotted warehou | Seriolella punctata |\n\nPart 2 Amounts of levy — quota species (except gemfish and orange roughy)\n\n```html\n

Column 1
Item

Column 2
Species

Column 3
Amount for each unit of quota

1

Blue eye trevalla

11.9 cents

2

Blue grenadier

5.9 cents

3

Blue warehou

5.8 cents

4

Flathead

5.2 cents

5

Jackass morwong

4.7 cents

6

John Dory

10.5 cents

7

Ling

24.9 cents

8

Mirror dory

4.2 cents

9

Ocean perch

12.3 cents

10

Redfish

9.6 cents

11

Royal red prawn

4.6 cents

12

School whiting

1.9 cents

13

Silver trevally

2.2 cents

14

Spotted warehou

12.3 cents

\n```\n\nPart 3 Amounts of levy — gemfish and orange roughy in species sectors\n\n| Column 1Item | Column 2Species and species sector | Column 3Amount for each unit of quota |\n| ------------ | --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | Gemfish — gemfish eastern sector | 4.0 cents |\n| 2 | Gemfish — gemfish western sector | 9.5 cents |\n| 3 | Orange roughy — orange roughy eastern sector | 2.7 cents |\n| 4 | Orange roughy — orange roughy southern sector | 1.3 cents |\n| 5 | Orange roughy — orange roughy western sector | 10.2 cents |\n\n> Note The research component of each levy amount is:\n\n> Note: (a) for a quota species:\n\n| | | cents |\n| --- | ----------------- | ----- |\n| 1 | Blue eye trevalla | 1.0 |\n| 2 | Blue grenadier | 0.5 |\n| 3 | Blue warehou | 0.5 |\n| 4 | Flathead | 0.4 |\n| 5 | Jackass morwong | 0.4 |\n| 6 | John Dory | 0.9 |\n| 7 | Ling | 2.1 |\n| 8 | Mirror dory | 0.4 |\n| 9 | Ocean perch | 1.0 |\n| 10 | Redfish | 0.8 |\n| 11 | Royal red prawn | 0.4 |\n| 12 | School whiting | 0.2 |\n| 13 | Silver trevally | 0.2 |\n| 14 | Spotted warehou | 1.0 |\n\n> Note: (b) for a quota species in a species sector:\n\n| 1 | Gemfish — eastern sector | 0.3 |\n| --- | ------------------------------- | ---- |\n| 2 | Gemfish — western sector | 0.8 |\n| 3 | Orange roughy — eastern sector | 0.2 |\n| 4 | Orange roughy — southern sector | 0.1 |\n| 5 | Orange roughy — western sector | 0.9. |\n\nNotes to the Fishing Levy Regulations\n\n> Note 1\n\n> Note: The Fishing Levy Regulations (in force under Fishing Levy Act 1991 and the Fisheries Management Act 1991) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1997 No. 312 amended as indicated in the Tables below.\n\nTable of Statutory Rules\n\n| Year andnumber | Date of notificationin Gazette | Date ofcommencement | Application, saving ortransitional provisions |\n| -------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |\n| 1997 No. 312 | 11 Nov 1997 | 11 Nov 1997 | |\n| 1998 No. 205 | 1 July 1998 | 1 July 1998 | — |\n| | | | |\n| | | | |\n| | | | |\n\n \nTable of Amendments\n\n```html\n

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How affected

Part 5A (rr. 5A.1-5A.3)....

ad. 1998 No. 205

Rr. 5A.1-5A.3..........

ad. 1998 No. 205

Part 15A (rr. 15A.1-15A.3).

ad. 1998 No. 205

Rr. 15A.1-15A.3.........

ad. 1998 No. 205

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They apply to permit-holders across Commonwealth fisheries (e.g., trawl, tuna, prawn, scallop, shark).\n\nLevies may be flat fees or activity-based (per quota unit, gear unit, weight, or method/area); multi-sector E-TBF permits pay only the single highest rate. Part of each levy funds fisheries research. Payment deadlines vary; some permits qualify for full refund if surrendered by specified dates."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"These Regulations replace the earlier Fishing Levy (All Fisheries) Regulations (see reg 18.1) and, via later amendments, add new Parts (for example Part 5A — Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery — and Part 15A — South Tasman Rise Fishery; see Table of Amendments). They therefore change scope by updating which fisheries are leviable and by introducing new levy bases (eg. per‑kg for leviable quantities in reg 15A.2) and new timing/instalment arrangements (see Parts 5A and 15A and the Table of Amendments)."},"complexity_factors":["Many distinct fisheries covered with bespoke levy rules (Parts 2–17): each fishery has its own basis and rate (e.g. fixed permit amounts: reg 2.2; very large fixed amount: reg 7.2).","Multiple levy bases: flat per‑permit fees (e.g. reg 8.2), per‑kilogram (Part 15A, reg 15A.2), per‑quota‑unit (Part 11, reg 11.2 and Schedule 2), and per‑net‑unit or per‑hooks (reg 13.2).","Sector and permit‑specific differentiation: Eastern Tuna and Billfish uses sector tables and 'greatest of' rules (reg 4.2–4.5 and Schedule 1), and Schedule 2 splits species and sectors for SETF.","Varied payment timing and instalment regimes across fisheries (single payments, 2 instalments, 3 instalments) with invoice‑date backstops (e.g. regs 2.3, 4.6, 11.3, 12.3).","Transitional and exception rules that alter levy amounts or applicability (e.g. reg 4.5 for holders not granted permits in 1996–97; reg 6.2(2) excluding second permits on same boat).","Refunds/remissions limited to specific surrender windows and procedures (reg 4.7 for ETBF; reg 15.3 for STBF/WTBF), imposing timing and administrative constraints on holders.","Cross‑references to external instruments and plans create dependency and interpretive complexity (definitions rely on Fisheries Management Regulations reg 4B and multiple management plans: reg 1.2(2); Parts 5.1, 12.1).","A statutory 'research component' is identified for each levy and is to be paid to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation under a separate Act (reg 1.2 note 3; multiple levy notes in schedules and parts).","Administrative workload and discretion fall to AFMA for invoicing, timing calculations and processing remissions/refunds (invoice date defined, reg 1.2; payment timing tied to invoice date across many regs).","Amendments and repeal history add interpretive overhead: Parts added by later rule (Parts 5A and 15A; Table of Amendments) and prior regulations repealed (Part 18.1)."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set the dollar or unit rates of the annual levies that holders of Commonwealth fishing permits or statutory fishing rights must pay for named fisheries, and they fix when and how instalments must be paid. They affect permit/right holders across many fisheries by prescribing different calculation methods (flat fees, per‑kg, per‑quota‑unit, per‑net‑unit), and allocate a small research component of each levy to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (see reg 1.2 note)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fishing-levy-regulations","history":"/api/acts/fishing-levy-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fishing-levy-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fishing-levy-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fishing-levy-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fishing-levy-regulations/documents"}}