Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010

Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 13/2010

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1 Objectives 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Principal Regulations 2 4 Replacement of references to peak bodies 2 5 New regulation 23A inserted 2 23A Use of levy for grants 2 6 Schedule 2 amended 2 7 Schedules 3 and 4 amended 3 8 Schedule 5 substituted 3 SCHEDULE 5—Levies for Individual Abalone Quota Units 3 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 4

STATUTORY RULES 2010

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Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 2 March 2010 Responsible Minister: JOE HELPER Minister for Agriculture

TOBY HALLIGAN Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objectives The objectives of these Regulations are to amend the Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Regulations 2008— (a) to reduce certain levies for scallop (ocean) fishery access licences and individual abalone quota units; and (b) to replace references to peak bodies; and (c) to prescribe further purposes for which levies may be used; and

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(d) to prescribe classes of commercial fishery licence in respect of which grants may be made. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 153 of the Fisheries Act 1995. 3 Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Regulations 20081 are called the Principal Regulations. 4 Replacement of references to peak bodies (1) In regulations 17(2)(e), 18(2)(e) and 19(2)(e) of the Principal Regulations, for "funding peak bodies (if any)" substitute "making grants under section 151(5) of the Act". (2) In regulation 20(e) of the Principal Regulations, for "funding peak bodies (if any)" substitute "funding grants". 5 New regulation 23A inserted After regulation 23 of the Principal Regulations insert— "23A Use of levy for grants (1) For the purposes of section 151(4)(e) of the Act, a levy may be used for the purposes of — (a) making a grant under section 151(5) of the Act; and (b) making a grant, out of the proceeds of an individual abalone quota unit levy, to any person or body to which the individual abalone quota unit relates. (2) For the purposes of section 151(5) of the Act, the classes of licence referred to in

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regulations 17(1), 18(1) and 19(1) are prescribed.". 6 Schedule 2 amended (1) In Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations, in the heading to Column 7, for "Peak Body Levy" substitute "Grants Levy". (2) For item 19 in Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations substitute— "19 Scallop 1∙6 fee units Nil 7∙3 fee 1∙5 fee 32∙1 fee 42∙5 fee (Ocean) units units units units". Fishery Access Licence 7 Schedules 3 and 4 amended In Schedules 3 and 4 to the Principal Regulations, in the heading to Column 7, for "Peak Body Levy" substitute "Grants Levy". 8 Schedule 5 substituted For Schedule 5 to the Principal Regulations substitute—

"SCHEDULE 5

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LEVIES FOR INDIVIDUAL ABALONE QUOTA UNITS

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column Column 7 Column 8 6 Class of Individual Research TOTAL of Abalone Management Compliance FMS1 Grants Columns 3 Item No. Quota Unit FMS1 Levy FMS1 Levy Levy FRDC Levy to 7 Levy 1 Individual 15∙7 fee units 16∙2 fee 29∙1 fee 8∙7 fee 31∙4 fee 101∙1 fee abalone units units units units units quota unit (Western Zone) 2 Individual 10∙0 fee units 16∙6 fee 26∙8 fee 8∙7 fee 29∙3 fee 91∙4 fee abalone units units units units units quota unit

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(Central Zone) 3 Individual 31∙7 fee units 36∙1 fee 28∙3 fee 8∙7 fee 4∙7 fee 109∙5 fee abalone units units units units units quota unit (Eastern Zone)

Note 1: FMS means the fisheries management services provided by the Department.". ═══════════════

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ENDNOTES

5 1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 4/2008 as amended by S.R. Nos 92/2008, 2/2009 and 3/2009.