Statutory Rules 1985 No. 3581

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Fisheries Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Fisheries Act 1952.

Dated 19 December 1985.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN KERIN

Minister of State for Primary Industry

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Penalties

The Fisheries Regulations are amended as set out in the Schedule.

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SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PENALTIES

Sub-regulation 8 (4)—

Omit “Penalty: $200.”, substitute the following:

“Penalty—

(a) in the case of a natural person—$2,000; or

(b) in the case of a body corporate—$10,000.”.

Sub-regulation 11 (2)—

Omit “shall each be deemed to be guilty of an offence against this regulation punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding $200”, substitute the following:

“are each guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding—

(d) in the case of a natural person—$2,000; or

(e) in the case of a body corporate—$10,000”.

Sub-regulation 12c (1)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$2,000”.

Sub-regulation 12d (1)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$2,000”.

Sub-regulation 12e (1)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$2,000”.

Sub-regulation 12f (2)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$2,000”.

Sub-regulation 12g (4)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$2,000”.

Sub-regulation 12k (3)—

Omit “Penalty: $200.”, substitute the following: “Penalty—

(a) in the case of a natural person—$2,000; or

(b) in the case of a body corporate—$10,000.”.

Sub-regulation 12l (1)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$2,000”.

Regulation 12m—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$2,000”.

Sub-regulation 13 (1)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$2,000”.

Sub-regulation 13a (2)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$100”.

Sub-regulation 15 (1)—

Omit “Penalty: $200.”, substitute the following: “Penalty—

(a) in the case of a natural person—$2,000; or

(b) in the case of a body corporate—$10,000.”.

Regulation 18—

Omit “$200” (wherever occurring), substitute “$2,000”.

Sub-regulation 19 (1)—

Omit “$200”, substitute “$500”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1985.

2. Statutory Rules 1954 No. 116 as amended by 1968 Nos. 7 and 143; 1974 Nos. 211 and 212; 1975 No. 69; 1976 No. 173; 1979 Nos. 187 and 235; 1980 Nos. 13, 279 and 369; 1981 No. 388; 1982 No. 127; 1983 No. 10; 1984 No. 233; 1985 No. 194.