FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

DECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 4(2)

“No. 2 of 2023”

I, Anna Willock, delegate of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority:

(a)          having been advised that the FV Rehua has been lawfully imported into Australia; and

(b)          being satisfied that the extent of participation of citizens or residents of Australia either directly or indirectly, in the control of the operations of the boat in the Australian Fishing Zone will be such as to justify me in declaring the FV Rehua to be an Australian boat:

make the following declaration under subsection 4(2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Date     11 July 2023

      Anna Willock

  Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

Citation

 1.  This declaration may be cited as the Australian Boat Declaration No. 2 of 2023.

Commencement

 2.  This declaration commences on gazettal.

Interpretation

 3.  In this declaration:

“Rehua” means the fishing boat known as the “FV Rehua” the call sign for which is ZMRE”.

[Note: Terms defined in the Fisheries Management Act 1991 have the same meanings in this declaration.]

Declaration that the FV Rehua is taken to be an Australian boat

4.      The FV Rehua is, for the period commencing from the of date of gazettal of this notice to 31st August 2023, taken to be an Australian boat for the purposes of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.