Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010

i Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010 S.R. No. 13/2010 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 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 -- 1 of 5 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 2010 S.R. No. 13/2010 Fisheries Act 1995 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 (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. -- 2 of 5 -- S.R. No. 13/2010 Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010 2 3 Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Regulations 2008 1 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 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". r. 3 -- 3 of 5 -- S.R. No. 13/2010 Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010 3 (2) For item 19 in Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations substitute— "19 Scallop (Ocean) Fishery Access Licence 1·6 fee units Nil 7·3 fee units 1·5 fee units 32·1 fee units 42·5 fee units". 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 Regulations 14, 20 LEVIES FOR INDIVIDUAL ABALONE QUOTA UNITS Column 1 Item No. Column 2 Class of Individual Abalone Quota Unit Column 3 Management FMS1 Levy Column 4 Compliance FMS1 Levy Column 5 Research FMS1 Levy Column 6 FRDC Levy Column 7 Grants Levy Column 8 TOTAL of Columns 3 to 7 1 Individual abalone quota unit (Western Zone) 15·7 fee units 16·2 fee units 29·1 fee units 8·7 fee units 31·4 fee units 101·1 fee units 2 Individual abalone quota unit (Central Zone) 10·0 fee units 16·6 fee units 26·8 fee units 8·7 fee units 29·3 fee units 91·4 fee units 3 Individual abalone quota unit (Eastern Zone) 31·7 fee units 36·1 fee units 28·3 fee units 8·7 fee units 4·7 fee units 109·5 fee units Note 1: FMS means the fisheries management services provided by the Department.". ═══════════════ r. 7 -- 4 of 5 -- S.R. No. 13/2010 Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2010 4 ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 4/2008 as amended by S.R. Nos 92/2008, 2/2009 and 3/2009. Endnotes -- 5 of 5 --