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Queensland
FISHERIES AMENDMENT
BILL 2001
Queensland
FISHERIES AMENDMENT BILL 2001
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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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). . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s 68 (Procedure for cancellation or suspension). . . . . . . . . . 8
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
17 Amendment of s 124 (Chief executive may rehabilitate or restore land etc.) 10
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Fisheries Amendment Bill 2001
18 Amendment of s 199 (Powers of tribunal on appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2001
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Fisheries Act 1994
s1 4 s6
Fisheries Amendment Bill 2001
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
1 Short title
Clause 2
This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Act 2001. 3
2 Act amended
Clause 4
This Act amends the Fisheries Act 1994. 5
3 Insertion of new pt 1, div 3, sdiv 1, hdg
Clause 6
Part 1, division 3-- 7
insert-- 8
`Subdivision 1--Dictionary'. 9
4 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions)
Clause 10
(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
5 Insertion of new pt 1, div 3, sdiv 2, hdg
Clause 17
After section 4-- 18
insert-- 19
`Subdivision 2--Key definitions'. 20
6 Amendment of s 32 (Making management plans)
Clause 21
Section 32(1), `a fishery'-- 22
s7 5 s9
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omit, insert-- 1
`the following-- 2
(a) a fishery; 3
(b) a fish habitat or declared fish habitat area; 4
(c) a fish way; 5
(d) fisheries resources; 6
(e) aquaculture.'. 7
7 Amendment of s 33 (Procedure to make management plan)
Clause 8
Section 33(1), `for a fishery'-- 9
omit. 10
8 Replacement of s 35 (What management plan must deal with)
Clause 11
Section 35-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`35 What management plan must deal with 14
`A management plan must state its objectives and how they are to be 15
achieved.1'. 16
9 Amendment of s 36 (What management plan may deal with)
Clause 17
(1) Section 36, `for the fishery'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`for this section'. 20
(2) Section 36, examples 1, 2, 6 and 7, `the fishery'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`a fishery'. 23
(3) Section 36, example 3-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
1 See also section 39(3) (Amendment of management plan).
s 10 6 s 10
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`3. 1
Management of a fishery by a system of authorities and for any of the
2
following in relation to the authorities--
3
(a) their issue;
4
(b) their conditions;
5
(c) whether they can or can not be amended, renewed or transferred;
6
(d) if they can be amended, renewed or transferred--conditions for the
7
amendment, renewal or transfer;
8
(e) for their cancellation or suspension or for how the chief executive may
9
cancel or suspend them.'.
(4) Section 36, examples-- 10
insert-- 11
`12. Boundaries of, and buffer zones for, a fish habitat or declared fish habitat area. 12
13
13. Regulation of development in a fish habitat or declared fish habitat area.
14
14. How a fish way must be operated.
15
15. How a fish habitat, declared fish habitat area or fisheries resources are to be
16
managed or restored.
17
16. Fish migration.'.
10 Replacement of ss 38 and 39
Clause 18
Sections 38 and 39-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`38 Management plan may provide for quota 21
`A management plan may prescribe, or authorise the issue of, a quota. 22
`39 Amendment of management plan 23
`(1) The chief executive may amend a management plan only if the chief 24
executive has-- 25
(a) prepared a draft amending management plan and taken 26
reasonable steps to engage in consultation about the draft; or 27
(b) conducted a review of the plan, or part of the plan to which the 28
amendment relates, the result of which included a proposal to 29
make the amendment. 30
s 11 7 s 11
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`(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if, under the Statutory 1
Instruments Act 1992, section 46,2 a regulatory impact statement is not 2
required to be prepared for the amending management plan. 3
`(3) The management plan may provide for how the consultation or 4
review must be conducted. 5
`(4) In this section-- 6
"amend" includes repeal. 7
`39A Effect of repeal of management plan on authorities 8
`If a management plan is repealed, authorities issued by the chief 9
executive in relation to the plan end, unless the plan otherwise provides.'. 10
11 Insertion of new pt 5, div 3, sdiv 5A
Clause 11
Part 5, division 3-- 12
insert-- 13
`Subdivision 5A--Leases 14
`66A Lease of authority (other than permit) 15
`(1) A regulation or management plan may provide for the following for 16
an authority, other than a permit-- 17
(a) the lease of the authority by its holder; 18
(b) the transfer of a lease of the authority. 19
`(2) If a lease or transfer of a lease is permitted under a regulation or 20
management plan, section 65(2) to (7) applies to an application for the 21
lease or lease transfer-- 22
(a) as if a reference in the section to a transfer were a reference to the 23
lease or lease transfer; and 24
(b) with other necessary changes. 25
`(3) However, despite section 65(2)(c), an application for a lease transfer 26
must be accompanied by the holder's written approval. 27
2 Statutory Instruments Act 1992, section 46 (When is preparation of a regulatory
impact statement unnecessary?)
s 12 8 s 13
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`(4) An authority can not be leased, or a lease of an authority can not be 1
transferred, other than under this section. 2
`66B Effect of lease 3
`(1) This section applies-- 4
(a) if the holder of an authority leases it under section 66A; but 5
(b) only while the lease continues to be in force. 6
`(2) The holder continues to be the holder of the authority. 7
`(3) However, the things authorised by the authority-- 8
(a) can not be done by the holder; but 9
(b) may be done by the lessee under the lease as if the lessee were 10
the holder. 11
`(4) A reference in the following to the holder of the authority is, if the 12
context permits, taken to include the lessee-- 13
(a) a provision of this Act, other than this section or section 4, 57, 14
65, 66A, 72 or 73(6); 15
(b) a regulation or management plan; 16
(c) the conditions of the authority.'. 17
12 Amendment of s 67 (Suspension or cancellation of authorities)
Clause 18
(1) Section 67, heading, after `authorities'-- 19
insert-- 20
`by chief executive'. 21
(2) Section 67-- 22
insert-- 23
`(6) This section does not affect the suspension or cancellation of an 24
authority under a regulation or management plan.'. 25
13 Amendment of s 68 (Procedure for cancellation or suspension)
Clause 26
(1) Section 68, heading, after `suspension'-- 27
insert-- 28
s 14 9 s 15
Fisheries Amendment Bill 2001
`by chief executive'. 1
(2) Section 68(1), after `grounds exist'-- 2
insert-- 3
`under section 67(1)'. 4
(3) Section 68-- 5
insert-- 6
`(9) This section does not affect the suspension or cancellation of an 7
authority under a regulation or management plan.'. 8
14 Amendment of s 73 (Registers of authorities)
Clause 9
Section 73(6), after `an interest'-- 10
insert-- 11
`other than a lease'. 12
15 Amendment of s 92 (Duty of person who takes or possesses
Clause 13
noxious or nonindigenous fisheries resources) 14
(1) Section 92(1), from `must--' to `possessing the fisheries 15
resources.'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`must immediately-- 18
(a) if the fisheries resource is a fish--kill it; or 19
(b) if the fisheries resource is a plant--destroy it.'. 20
(2) Section 92(3)-- 21
omit. 22
s 16 10 s 18
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16 Omission of s 121 (Management of declared fish habitat areas)
Clause 1
Section 121-- 2
omit. 3
17 Amendment of s 124 (Chief executive may rehabilitate or restore
Clause 4
land etc.) 5
(1) Section 124(1), from `if a person--'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`if-- 8
(a) the land, waters, marine plants or fish habitat area has been 9
removed, destroyed or damaged; and 10
(b) the chief executive reasonably believes the removal, destruction 11
or damage was caused by an act or omission that constituted a 12
failure to comply with any of the following-- 13
(i) this Act; 14
(ii) a former Act; 15
(iii) the repealed Fisheries Act 1957; 16
(iv) a condition of an authority.'. 17
(2) Section 124(2), after `person'-- 18
insert-- 19
`who caused the removal, destruction or damage'. 20
(3) Section 124(3), `for the contravention'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`against this Act constituted by the removal, destruction or damage'. 23
18 Amendment of s 199 (Powers of tribunal on appeal)
Clause 24
Section 199(3), `, for the purposes of this Act,'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`for this Act, other than this division,'. 27
s 19 11 s 21
Fisheries Amendment Bill 2001
19 Insertion of new s 223A
Clause 1
Part 11, after section 223-- 2
insert-- 3
`223A Provision for Fisheries (Spanner Crab) Management Plan 1999 4
`(1) The Fisheries (Spanner Crab) Management Plan 1999, section 94,3 5
is taken to have always applied to the eligible licences under the plan 6
numbered QFV10865K and QFV11689K. 7
`(2) This section expires the day after it commences.'. 8
20 Insertion of schedule
Clause 9
After section 238-- 10
insert-- 11
`SCHEDULE 12
`DICTIONARY 13
section 4'. 14
21 Amendment to omit headings following cross references
Clause 15
(1) This section applies to a section containing a cross reference to a 16
provision of the Act followed by the heading to the provision in round 17
brackets. 18
(2) The section is amended by omitting the brackets and the words in the 19
brackets. 20
© State of Queensland 2001
3 The Fisheries (Spanner Crab) Management Plan 1999, section 94 (Adjustment for
transfers from 1990 to 21 January 1994)
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