FISHING LEVY REGULATIONS 1992 NO. 59 

FISHING LEVY REGULATIONS 1992 NO. 59 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Citation  
2. Interpretation  
3. Amount of levy  
4. When is levy payable?  


1992 No. 59 FISHING LEVY REGULATIONS
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Citation


  1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Levy Regulations.
(NOTE:  These Regulations commence on gazettal:  see Acts Interpretation Act
1901, s. 48)


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Interpretation


  2. (1)  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
  "Act" means the Fishing Levy Act 1991.
  (2) An expression used in these Regulations that is defined for the purposes
of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 has the same meaning in these Regulations
as it has in that Act.


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Amount of levy


  3. (1)  For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, the amount of levy
prescribed in respect of a fishing concession other than a fishing concession
granted to persons specified in subregulation (3) is $455.
  (2) For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, the amount of levy prescribed
in respect of a fishing concession granted to persons specified in
subregulation (3) is nil.
  (3) For the purposes of subregulations (1) and (2), the following persons
are specified:
  (a) persons who:
    (i) have been granted a fishing concession authorising the
use of a specified Australian boat by the person for fishing in a specified
fishery; and
    (ii) have paid an amount of levy for a fishing concession
for the use of the boat for fishing in the specified fishery; and
    (iii) are granted another fishing concession authorising:
      (a) the use of the boat for a different purpose in the
specified fishery; or
      (b) the use of the boat in another fishery;
  (b)  persons who:
    (i) hold a licence granted under subsection 9 (2) or (3) of
the Fisheries Act 1952 authorising the use of a boat in a specified fishery;
and
    (ii) have paid an amount of levy under the Fisheries Levy
Act 1984 for the use of the boat in accordance with the licence; and
    (iii) are granted a fishing concession authorising:
      (a) the use of the boat for a different purpose in the
specified fishery; or
      (b) the use of the boat in another fishery;
  (c)  persons who:
    (i) are granted concurrently:
      (a) a licence under the Fisheries Act 1952 in respect
of a boat; and
      (b) a fishing concession under the Fisheries
Management Act 1991 in respect of the same boat; and
    (ii) have paid an amount of levy under the Fisheries Levy
Act 1984 for the use of the boat in accordance with the licence;
  (d) persons who are granted a fishing concession authorising the testing of
fishing equipment.
(NOTE: The Fisheries Legislation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 provides
that a licence granted under section 9 of the Fisheries Act 1952 continues in
force under the Fisheries Management Act 1991.)


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When is levy payable?


  4. Levy is payable on the grant of a fishing concession and on each
anniversary of the grant of the fishing concession.


- NOTES


1992 No. 59*1* FISHING LEVY REGULATIONS



*1*Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 March 1992.