Statutory Rules 1982 No. 288¹

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Foreign Fishing Boats Levy Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Foreign Fishing Boats Levy Act 1981.

Dated 21 October 1982.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Primary Industry

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Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 November 1982.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“agreement” means the agreement in force in respect of the period commencing on 1 November 1982 and ending on 31 July 1983 that was entered into by the Minister, on behalf of the Commonwealth, with the Kaohsiung Fishing Boat Commercial Guild and with K.K.F.C. Proprietary Limited, a company incorporated within Australia;

“Minister” means the Minister of State for Primary Industry;

“the Act” means the Foreign Fishing Boats Levy Act 1981.

Amount of levy

3. For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, the amount of the levy imposed by section 4 of the Act on the grant of a licence in accordance with the agreement—

(a) in respect of a foreign fishing boat other than a boat to which paragraph (b) refers, is—

(i) if the licence has been granted to engage in gillnet fishing operations—$8,647; or

(ii) if the licence has been granted to engage in demersal pair trawl fishing operations—$6,038; and

(b) in respect of a foreign fishing boat that has been licensed in accordance with the agreement as a replacement for a boat in respect of which a licence had previously been granted in accordance with the agreement, is $20.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 October 1982.