New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 238

238 Aquaculture Trust Fund

(1) There is to be paid into the Aquaculture Trust Fund:

(a) all fees for aquaculture permits and all payments of rent for aquaculture leases, and

(b) all other fees and charges paid under Part 6 and the regulations made under that Part (except annual contributions payable into the trust funds established under section 157), and

(c) fees and charges for services provided by the Department to persons engaged in aquaculture, and

(d) any gift or bequest of money for the purposes of that Fund, and

(e) any other money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of that Fund or required by law to be paid into that Fund.

(2) There may be paid out of that Fund:

(a) the costs of taking measures to enhance, maintain or protect the management of aquaculture, and

(b) the costs of carrying out research into aquaculture, and

(c) the costs of management and administration of Part 6 and the regulations under that Part, and

(d) the costs of ensuring compliance with the regulatory controls on aquaculture under Part 6 and the regulations under that Part, and

(e) the costs of consultative arrangements with persons engaged in aquaculture.

(3) The Minister is to consult any relevant advisory council on aquaculture established under section 229 about policies and priorities for expenditure from that Fund.