I, FRANK MEERE, Managing Director of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, acting for the Authority, make the following amendment of the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995 under subsection 20 (1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Dated 29 October 2001

1              Name of Plan

                This Plan is the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Amendment Plan 2001 (No. NPF 03).

2              Commencement

                This Plan commences on gazettal.

3              Amendment of Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995

                Schedule 1 amends the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 1995.

Schedule 1        Amendments

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[1]         Subsection 3 (1)

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7              Gear statutory fishing rights

         (1)   A gear statutory fishing right is a right to use the following equipment for commercial fishing in the Northern Prawn Fishery area:

                (a)    if a determination under section 7A is in force:

                          (i)    a prawn trawl net with an operational headrope of a length calculated by dividing the total length of operational headrope specified in the determination by 53 844 (measured when the rope is taut); and

                         (ii)    a prawn trawl net with an operational footrope of a length calculated by multiplying the length of operational headrope worked out under subparagraph (i) by 1.15 (measured when the rope is taut); and

                         (iii)    the netting attached to that operational headrope and footrope;

               (b)    if no determination is in force under section 7A:

                          (i)    10 centimetres of operational headrope, and 11.5 centimetres of operational footrope, of a prawn trawl net (measured when the ropes are taut); and

                         (ii)    the netting attached to that operational headrope and footrope.

         (2)   The result of a calculation made under subsection (1) must be:

                (a)    if the calculation results in a number of centimetres ending in 0.5 or more — rounded up to the next centimetre; or

               (b)    if the calculation results in a number of centimetres ending in less than 0.5 — rounded down to the next centimetre.

7A           Determination of fishing capacity

         (1)   AFMA may determine a total length of operational headrope that may be used under gear statutory fishing rights in the area of the Northern Prawn Fishery.

Note   A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901: see subsection 17 (6B) of the Act.

         (2)   Before making a determination under subsection (1), AFMA must:

                (a)    consult, and consider the views of, the Northern Prawn Fishery Management Advisory Committee; and

               (b)    invite interested persons to make representations in connection with the proposed determination by a date specified in the invitation; and

                (c)    consider any representations received from interested persons by the date specified in the invitation under paragraph (b).

         (3)   A determination under subsection (1) must not commence within 4 months after it is notified in the Gazette.

         (4)   In subsection (2):

interested person includes:

                (a)    a person who can demonstrate an ongoing involvement in the Northern Prawn Fishery that is likely to be affected by a determination under subsection (1); and

               (b)    an entity the objects or purposes of which include, or the activities of which relate to, the Northern Prawn Fishery.

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