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Fisheries Levy (Bass Strait Scallop Fishery) Regulations

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

112 of 1991

Collection

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These Regulations impose a $2,000 levy per "unit of fishing capacity" payable when a commercial fisher is first allocated or renews a permit under the Bass Strait Scallop Fishery management plan.

It affects commercial scallop fishers in Bass Strait and funds fishery management, representing the direct cost of accessing the fishery under the Fisheries Levy Act 1984.

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Fisheries Levy (Bass Strait Scallop Fishery) Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1991 No. 1121

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Fisheries Levy (Bass Strait Scallop Fishery)

Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Fisheries Levy Act 1984.

Dated 30 May 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. KERIN

Minister of State for Primary Industries

and Energy

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Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Levy (Bass Strait Scallop Fishery) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Act” means the Fisheries Levy Act 1984;

“Plan of Management” means Plan of Management No. BSS1:

(a) determined on 18 April 1991 under subsection 7b (1) of the Fisheries Act 1952; and

(b) the making of which was notified in the Gazette on 1 May 1991; and

Prescribed units of fishing capacity

For the purposes of paragraphs 5 (bc) and (bd) of the Act, a unit of fishing capacity allocated, or renewed, in accordance with the Plan of Management is a prescribed unit of fishing capacity.

Amount of levy

For the purposes of subsection 6 (1) of the Act, the amount of levy on the allocation or renewal of a prescribed unit of fishing capacity specified in regulation 3 is $2,000.

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NOTE

Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 May 1991.

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