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Queensland
FISHERIES AMENDMENT
BILL 2000
Queensland
FISHERIES AMENDMENT BILL 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new pt 1, div 3, sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new pt 1, div 3, sdiv 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 32 (Making management plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 33 (Procedure to make management plan) . . . . . . 5
8 Replacement of s 35 (What management plan must deal with) . . . 5
35 What management plan must deal with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 Amendment of s 36 (What management plan may deal with) . . . . 5
10 Replacement of ss 38 and 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
38 Management plan may provide for quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
39 Amendment of management plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
39A Effect of repeal of management plan on authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Insertion of new pt 5, div 3, sdiv 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Subdivision 5A--Leases
66A Lease of authority (other than permit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
66B Effect of lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 67 (Suspension or cancellation of authorities) . . . 9
13 Amendment of s 68 (Procedure for cancellation or suspension) . . . 9
14 Amendment of s 73 (Registers of authorities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
15 Amendment of s 92 (Duty of person who takes or
possesses noxious or nonindigenous fisheries resources) . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Omission of s 121 (Management of declared fish habitat areas) . . 10
2
Fisheries Amendment
17 Amendment of s 124 (Chief executive may rehabilitate or
restore land etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
18 Amendment of s 199 (Powers of tribunal on appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
19 Insertion of new s 223A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
223A Provision for Fisheries (Spanner Crab) Management Plan 1999 . . . 11
20 Insertion of schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SCHEDULE
DICTIONARY
21 Amendment to omit headings following cross references . . . . . . . . 12
2000
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Fisheries Act 1994
s1 4 s5
Fisheries Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Act 2000. 3
amended 4
Act
Clause 2. This Act amends the Fisheries Act 1994. 5
of new pt 1, div 3, sdiv 1, hdg 6
Insertion
Clause 3. Part 1, division 3-- 7
insert-- 8
`Subdivision 1--Dictionary'. 9
of s 4 (Definitions) 10
Amendment
Clause 4.(1) Section 4, `In this Act--'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this 13
Act.'. 14
(2) Section 4, definitions-- 15
relocate to the schedule as inserted by this Act. 16
of new pt 1, div 3, sdiv 2, hdg 17
Insertion
Clause 5. After section 4-- 18
insert-- 19
`Subdivision 2--Key definitions'. 20
s6 5 s9
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of s 32 (Making management plans) 1
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 32(1), `a fishery'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`the following-- 4
(a) a fishery; 5
(b) a fish habitat or declared fish habitat area; 6
(c) a fish way; 7
(d) fisheries resources; 8
(e) aquaculture.'. 9
of s 33 (Procedure to make management plan) 10
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 33(1), `for a fishery'-- 11
omit. 12
of s 35 (What management plan must deal with) 13
Replacement
Clause 8. Section 35-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
management plan must deal with 16
`What
`35. A management plan must state its objectives and how they are to be 17
achieved.1'. 18
of s 36 (What management plan may deal with) 19
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Section 36, `for the fishery'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`for this section'. 22
(2) Section 36, examples 1, 2, 6 and 7, `the fishery'-- 23
1 See also section 39(3) (Amendment of management plan).
s 10 6 s 10
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omit, insert-- 1
`a fishery'. 2
(3) Section 36, example 3-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
5
`3. Management of a fishery by a system of authorities and for any of the
6
following in relation to the authorities--
7
(a) their issue;
8
(b) their conditions;
9
(c) whether they can or can not be amended, renewed or transferred;
10
(d) if they can be amended, renewed or transferred--conditions for the
11
amendment, renewal or transfer;
12
(e) for their cancellation or suspension or for how the chief executive may
13
cancel or suspend them.'.
(4) Section 36, examples-- 14
insert-- 15
16
`12. Boundaries of, and buffer zones for, a fish habitat or declared fish habitat
17
area.
18
13. Regulation of development in a fish habitat or declared fish habitat area.
19
14. How a fish way must be operated.
20
15. How a fish habitat, declared fish habitat area or fisheries resources are to be
21
managed or restored.
22
16. Fish migration.'.
of ss 38 and 39 23
Replacement
Clause 10. Sections 38 and 39-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
plan may provide for quota 26
`Management
`38. A management plan may prescribe, or authorise the issue of, a 27
quota. 28
s 11 7 s 11
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of management plan 1
`Amendment
`39.(1) The chief executive may amend a management plan only if the 2
chief executive has-- 3
(a) prepared a draft amending management plan and taken reasonable 4
steps to engage in consultation about the draft; or 5
(b) conducted a review of the plan, or part of the plan to which the 6
amendment relates, the result of which included a proposal to 7
make the amendment. 8
`(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if, under the Statutory 9
Instruments Act 1992, section 46,2 a regulatory impact statement is not 10
required to be prepared for the amending management plan. 11
`(3) The management plan may provide for how the consultation or 12
review must be conducted. 13
`(4) In this section-- 14
"amend" includes repeal. 15
of repeal of management plan on authorities 16
`Effect
`39A. If a management plan is repealed, authorities issued by the chief 17
executive in relation to the plan end, unless the plan otherwise provides.'. 18
of new pt 5, div 3, sdiv 5A 19
Insertion
Clause 11. Part 5, division 3-- 20
insert-- 21
5A--Leases 22
`Subdivision
of authority (other than permit) 23
`Lease
`66A.(1) A regulation or management plan may provide for the 24
following for an authority, other than a permit-- 25
2 Statutory Instruments Act 1992, section 46 (When is preparation of a regulatory
impact statement unnecessary?)
s 11 8 s 11
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(a) the lease of the authority by its holder; 1
(b) the transfer of a lease of the authority. 2
`(2) If a lease or transfer of a lease is permitted under a regulation or 3
management plan, section 65(2) to (7) applies to an application for the lease 4
or lease transfer-- 5
(a) as if a reference in the section to a transfer were a reference to the 6
lease or lease transfer; and 7
(b) with other necessary changes. 8
`(3) However, despite section 65(2)(c), an application for a lease transfer 9
must be accompanied by the holder's written approval. 10
`(4) An authority can not be leased, or a lease of an authority can not be 11
transferred, other than under this section. 12
of lease 13
`Effect
`66B.(1) This section applies-- 14
(a) if the holder of an authority leases it under section 66A; but 15
(b) only while the lease continues to be in force. 16
`(2) The holder continues to be the holder of the authority. 17
`(3) However, the things authorised by the authority-- 18
(a) can not be done by the holder; but 19
(b) may be done by the lessee under the lease as if the lessee were the 20
holder. 21
`(4) A reference in the following to the holder of the authority is, if the 22
context permits, taken to include the lessee-- 23
(a) a provision of this Act, other than this section or section 4, 57, 65, 24
66A, 72 or 73(6); 25
(b) a regulation or management plan; 26
(c) the conditions of the authority.'. 27
s 12 9 s 15
Fisheries Amendment
of s 67 (Suspension or cancellation of authorities) 1
Amendment
Clause 12.(1) Section 67, heading, after `authorities'-- 2
insert-- 3
`by chief executive'. 4
(2) Section 67-- 5
insert-- 6
`(6) This section does not affect the suspension or cancellation of an 7
authority under a regulation or management plan.'. 8
of s 68 (Procedure for cancellation or suspension) 9
Amendment
Clause 13.(1) Section 68, heading, after `suspension'-- 10
insert-- 11
`by chief executive'. 12
(2) Section 68(1), after `grounds exist'-- 13
insert-- 14
`under section 67(1)'. 15
(3) Section 68-- 16
insert-- 17
`(9) This section does not affect the suspension or cancellation of an 18
authority under a regulation or management plan.'. 19
of s 73 (Registers of authorities) 20
Amendment
Clause 14. Section 73(6), after `an interest'-- 21
insert-- 22
`other than a lease'. 23
of s 92 (Duty of person who takes or possesses noxious 24
Amendment
or nonindigenous fisheries resources) 25
Clause 15.(1) Section 92(1), from `must--' to `possessing the fisheries 26
s 16 10 s 17
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resources.'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`must immediately-- 3
(a) if the fisheries resource is a fish--kill it; or 4
(b) if the fisheries resource is a plant--destroy it.'. 5
(2) Section 92(3)-- 6
omit. 7
of s 121 (Management of declared fish habitat areas) 8
Omission
Clause 16. Section 121-- 9
omit. 10
of s 124 (Chief executive may rehabilitate or restore land 11
Amendment
etc.) 12
Clause 17.(1) Section 124(1), from `if a person--'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`if-- 15
(a) the land, waters, marine plants or fish habitat area has been 16
removed, destroyed or damaged; and 17
(b) the chief executive reasonably believes the removal, destruction or 18
damage was caused by an act or omission that constituted a 19
failure to comply with any of the following-- 20
(i) this Act; 21
(ii) a former Act; 22
(iii) the repealed Fisheries Act 1957; 23
(iv) a condition of an authority.'. 24
(2) Section 124(2), after `person'-- 25
insert-- 26
`who caused the removal, destruction or damage'. 27
s 18 11 s 20
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(3) Section 124(3), `for the contravention'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`against this Act constituted by the removal, destruction or damage'. 3
of s 199 (Powers of tribunal on appeal) 4
Amendment
Clause 18. Section 199(3), `, for the purposes of this Act,'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`for this Act, other than this division,'. 7
of new s 223A 8
Insertion
Clause 19. Part 11, after section 223-- 9
insert-- 10
for Fisheries (Spanner Crab) Management Plan 1999 11
`Provision
`223A.(1) The Fisheries (Spanner Crab) Management Plan 1999, 12
section 94,3 is taken to have always applied to the eligible licences under the 13
plan numbered QFV10865K and QFV11689K. 14
`(2) This section expires the day after it commences.'. 15
of schedule 16
Insertion
Clause 20. After section 238-- 17
insert-- 18
`SCHEDULE 19
`DICTIONARY 20
section 4'. 21
3 The Fisheries (Spanner Crab) Management Plan 1999, section 94 (Adjustment for
transfers from 1990 to 21 January 1994)
s 21 12 s 21
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to omit headings following cross references 1
Amendment
Clause 21.(1) This section applies to a section containing a cross reference to a 2
provision of the Act followed by the heading to the provision in round 3
brackets. 4
(2) The section is amended by omitting the brackets and the words in the 5
brackets. 6
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