Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 2)¹

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, 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 14 December 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

TONY BURKE

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 2).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3              Amendment of Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Regulations 1998

                Schedule 1 amends the Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Regulations 1998.

Schedule 1        Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1]           Regulation 4, including the notes

substitute

4              Amount of levy

Licences — grant, renewal or variation

         (1)   For subsection 6 (1) of the Levy Act, the amount of levy imposed on the grant of a licence mentioned in subregulations 3 (1) and (2) to a person is $4 229.06 plus $27.23 for each unit of fishing capacity (if any) allocated to the person.

         (2)   For subsection 6 (1) of the Levy Act, the amount of levy imposed on the renewal of a licence mentioned in subregulations 3 (1) and (2) held by a person is $4 229.06 plus $27.23 for each unit of fishing capacity (if any) allocated to the person.

         (3)   For subsection 6 (1) of the Levy Act, the amount of levy imposed on the variation of a licence mentioned in subregulations 3 (1) and (2) held by a person is $27.23 for each additional unit of fishing capacity allocated to the person.

Units of fishing capacity — allocation or renewal of allocation

         (4)   For subsection 6 (1) of the Levy Act, the amount of levy imposed on the allocation of a unit of fishing capacity mentioned in subregulation 3 (3) is $27.23 for each unit of fishing capacity that is so allocated.

         (5)   For subsection 6 (1) of the Levy Act, the amount of levy imposed on the renewal of the allocation of a unit of fishing capacity mentioned in subregulation 3 (3) is $27.23 for each unit of fishing capacity that is so renewed.

Note 1   To identify by whom levy is payable, see section 7 of the Levy Act.

Note 2   Subsection 3 (2) of the Levy Act interprets references to ‘units of fishing capacity’.

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.