Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Regulations 1998

Statutory Rules 1998 No. 7 as amended

made under the

Fisheries Levy Act 1984

This compilation was prepared on 16 February 2008
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2008 No. 6

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

 2 Interpretation 

 3 Prescribed licences 

 4 Amount of levy 

Notes   

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Regulations 1998.

2 Interpretation

 (1) In these Regulations:

allocated fishing day, for a licence mentioned in regulation 3, means a day that is 1 of the total number of days on which the boat for which the licence was granted may be in the reporting area.

Levy Act means the Fisheries Levy Act 1984.

reporting area has the meaning given by Torres Strait Fisheries Management Notice No. 43.

TSF Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

 (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or phrase that is used in these Regulations and in the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985 has the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in those Regulations.

3 Prescribed licences

 (1) For paragraphs 5 (d) and (f) of the Levy Act, licences of the kind to which this regulation applies are prescribed.

 (2) This regulation applies to a licence that:

 (a) is granted under subsection 19 (2) of the TSF Act; and

 (b) includes a condition under subsection 22 (2) of the TSF Act that limits the number of days in a year that the boat for which the licence was granted may be in the reporting area.

4 Amount of levy

 (1) For subsection 6 (1) of the Levy Act, the amount of levy imposed on the grant or renewal of a licence mentioned in regulation 3 is $2 786.78 plus $9.88 for each allocated fishing day.

 (2) For subsection 6 (1) of the Levy Act, the amount of levy imposed on the variation of a licence mentioned in regulation 3 is $9.88 for each additional allocated fishing day allocated to the holder of the licence before and during the season.

Notes to the Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Regulations 1998

Note 1

The Fisheries Levy (Torres Strait Prawn Fishery) Regulations 1998 (in force under the Fisheries Levy Act 1984) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1998 No. 7 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non‑exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series). Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.

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