Fisheries (Fees, Levies and Royalties) Regulations 2006
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Fisheries (Fees, Levies and Royalties) Regulations
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provisions 1
3. Commencement 1
4. Principal Regulations 1
5. Levies on general permits for developing fisheries 2
6. Insertion of new regulations 617D and 617E 2
617D. Levy on general permit for urchin developing fishery 2
617E. Levy on individual abalone quota units 2
7. Royalty for blacklip abalone quota units 3
8. Application fee for transfer of individual quota units 5
9. New regulation 624A inserted 5
624A. Fee to obtain abalone quota unit holding statement 5
10. Tables B and BA in Schedule 12 substituted 6
11. New Table C in Schedule 12 inserted 10
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STATUTORY RULES 2006
S.R. No. 17/2006
Fisheries Act 1995
Fisheries (Fees, Levies and Royalties) Regulations
2006
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 28 February 2006
Responsible Minister:
BOB CAMERON
Minister for Agriculture
JUSTINE FRANKLIN
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to make
further provision in relation to fees, levies and
royalties payable under the Fisheries Act 1995.
2. Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 150,
151 and 153 of the Fisheries Act 1995.
3. Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
1 April 2006.
4. Principal Regulations
In these Regulations, the Fisheries Regulations
1998 1 are called the Principal Regulations.
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5. Levies on general permits for developing fisheries
(1) In regulation 617B of the Principal Regulations,
for "$2042" substitute "$2093".
(2) In regulation 617C of the Principal Regulations,
for "$10 225" substitute "$10 480".
6. Insertion of new regulations 617D and 617E
After regulation 617C of the Principal Regulations
insert
"617D. Levy on general permit for urchin
developing fishery
(1) The holder of a general permit to take
urchins from the urchin developing fishery
for a period of 1 year must pay to the
Secretary a levy of $943.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) The holder of a general permit to take
urchins from the urchin developing fishery
for a period of 3 years must pay to the
Secretary a levy of $1572.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
617E. Levy on individual abalone quota units
The holder of an individual abalone quota
unit that is of a class specified in Column 1
of Table C of Schedule 12 must, for each
individual abalone quota unit he or she holds
of that class, pay to the Secretary
(a) the levy for management specified in
Column 2 of that Table opposite that
class of quota unit; and
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(b) the levy for compliance specified in
Column 3 of that Table opposite that
class of quota unit; and
(c) the levy for research specified in
Column 4 of that Table opposite that
class of quota unit; and
(d) the levy for the Fisheries Research
Development Corporation specified in
Column 5 of that Table opposite that
class of quota unit; and
(e) the levy for funding peak bodies
specified in Column 6 of that Table
opposite that class of quota unit.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.".
7. Royalty for blacklip abalone quota units
(1) Insert the following heading to regulation 620 of
the Principal Regulations
"Royalty for individual blacklip abalone quota
units".
(2) In regulation 620(1) of the Principal Regulations,
for "Abalone Fishery Access Licence" substitute
"individual blacklip abalone quota unit".
(3) For regulation 620(2) of the Principal Regulations,
substitute—
"(2) The royalty payable in respect of each
individual blacklip abalone quota unit is the
amount calculated in accordance with the
following formula
(0·072 × GVP) − (FMS + FRDC)
where—
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GVP is the average weighted beach price per
kilogram of blacklip abalone for the
financial year preceding the year to
which the royalty relates multiplied by
the weight of abalone in kilograms
allocated to the individual blacklip
abalone quota unit in the quota period
to which the royalty relates;
FMS is comprised of—
(a) the levies payable for the category
of individual blacklip abalone
quota unit specified in Column 1
of Table C of Schedule 12 in
respect of the levies in Columns 2,
3 and 4 of that Table; and
(b) an amount determined in
accordance with the formula—
A × B
C
where—
A is the amount of levy
specified in Column 2 of
Table B of Schedule 12 in
respect of an Abalone
Fishery Access Licence;
B is the number of Abalone
Fishery Access Licences in
force in respect of the
abalone zone in respect of
which the individual blacklip
abalone quota unit is held;
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C is the number of individual
blacklip abalone quota units
issued in respect of the zone
referred to in "B"—
being the levies that are payable in
respect of services provided by
Fisheries Victoria;
FRDC is comprised of the levies payable for
the category of individual blacklip
abalone quota unit specified in
Column 1 of Table C of Schedule 12 in
respect of the levy in Column 5 of that
Table being the levy that is payable in
respect of research undertaken by the
Fisheries Research Development
Corporation.".
8. Application fee for transfer of individual quota units
In regulation 622(a) of the Principal Regulations,
for "18·9" substitute "27·8".
9. New regulation 624A inserted
After regulation 624 of the Principal Regulations
insert—
"624A. Fee to obtain abalone quota unit holding
statement
For the purposes of section 66H(2) of the
Act, the fee to obtain an abalone quota unit
holding statement is 3·6 fee units.".
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10. Tables B and BA in Schedule 12 substituted
For Tables B and BA in Schedule 12 to the
Principal Regulations substitute—
"TABLE B
LEVIES FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERY ACCESS LICENCES
Column 1
Category of
Licence
Column 2
Management
FMS 1 Levy
Column 3
Compliance
FMS 1 Levy
Column 4
Research
FMS 1
Levy
Column 5
FRDC 2
Levy
Column 6
Peak Body
Levy
Column 7
TOTAL of
Columns 2
to 6
Abalone
Fishery
Access
Licence
(Western
Zone)
$2000 $0 $0 $0 $50 $2050
Abalone
Fishery
Access
Licence
(Central
Zone)
$2000 $0 $0 $0 $50 $2050
Abalone
Fishery
Access
Licence
(Eastern
Zone)
$2000 $0 $0 $0 $50 $2050
Bait
(General)
Fishery
Access
Licence
$117 $56 $61 $54 $337 $625
Corner
Inlet
Fishery
Access
Licence
$0 $340 $573 $242 $337 $1492
Eel Fishery
Access
Licence
$716 $1926 $61 $24 $337 $3064
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Column 1
Category of
Licence
Column 2
Management
FMS 1 Levy
Column 3
Compliance
FMS 1 Levy
Column 4
Research
FMS 1
Levy
Column 5
FRDC 2
Levy
Column 6
Peak Body
Levy
Column 7
TOTAL of
Columns 2
to 6
Giant Crab
Fishery
Access
Licence
$94 Variable amount: $8.19
per quota unit (for
combined compliance
and research levies)
$39 $337 $470 plus
variable
amount
calculated
as set out
in the
combined
Column 3
and 4
Gippsland
Lakes
Fishery
Access
Licence
$72 $611 $573 $111 $337 $1704
Gippsland
Lakes
Fishery
(Bait)
Access
Licence
$117 $56 $61 $54 $252 $540
Gippsland
Lakes
Fishery
(Mussel
Dive)
Access
Licence
$117 $56 $61 $54 $337 $625
Lake Tyers
(Bait)
Access
Licence
$117 $56 $61 $54 $252 $540
Mallacoota
Lower
Lake
Fishery
(Bait)
Access
Licence
$117 $56 $61 $54 $252 $540
Ocean
Fishery
Access
Licence
$127 $37 $148 $10 $337 $659
Port Phillip
Bay
(Mussel
Bait)
Access
Licence
$117 $56 $61 $54 $252 $540
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Column 1
Category of
Licence
Column 2
Management
FMS 1 Levy
Column 3
Compliance
FMS 1 Levy
Column 4
Research
FMS 1
Levy
Column 5
FRDC 2
Levy
Column 6
Peak Body
Levy
Column 7
TOTAL of
Columns 2
to 6
Purse Seine
(Ocean)
Access
Licence
$127 $37 $148 $10 $337 $659
Purse Seine
(Port
Phillip
Bay)
Fishery
Access
Licence
$82 $78 $573 $0 $337 $1070
Rock
Lobster
Fishery
(Western
Zone)
Access
Licence
$2222 Variable amount:
$51.28 per quota unit,
plus $19.57 for each
rock lobster pot
specified in licence
(for combined
compliance and
research levies)
$368 $337 $2927
plus
variable
amount
calculated
as set out
in the
combined
Column 3
and 4
Rock
Lobster
Fishery
(Eastern
Zone)
Access
Licence
$1215 Variable amount:
$0.73 per quota unit,
plus $0.18 for each
rock lobster pot
specified in licence
(for combined
compliance and
research levies)
$83 $337 $1635
plus
variable
amount
calculated
as set out
in the
combined
Column 3
and 4
Scallop
(Ocean)
Fishery
Access
Licence
$1143 $0 $140 $11 $337 $1631
Snowy
River
Fishery
(Bait)
Access
Licence
$117 $56 $61 $54 $252 $540
Sydenham
Inlet
Fishery
(Bait)
Access
Licence
$117 $56 $61 $54 $252 $540
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Column 1
Category of
Licence
Column 2
Management
FMS 1 Levy
Column 3
Compliance
FMS 1 Levy
Column 4
Research
FMS 1
Levy
Column 5
FRDC 2
Levy
Column 6
Peak Body
Levy
Column 7
TOTAL of
Columns 2
to 6
Trawl
(Inshore)
Fishery
Access
Licence
$33 $0 $573 $16 $337 $959
Western
Port/ Port
Phillip Bay
Fishery
Access
Licence
$74 $714 $573 $147 $337 $1845
Wrasse
(Ocean)
Fishery
Access
Licence
$9 $26 $0 $18 $337 $390
Note: 1. FMS means Fisheries Management Services.
2. FRDC means Fisheries Research Development Corporation.
TABLE BA
LEVIES FOR FISH RECEIVERS' LICENCES
Column 1
Category of
Licence
Column 2
Management
FMS 1 Levy
Column 3
Compliance
FMS 1 Levy
Column 4
Research
FMS 1
Levy
Column 5
FRDC 2
Levy
Column 6
Peak
Body
Levy
Column 7
TOTAL of
Columns 2
to 6
Fish
Receivers'
(Abalone)
Licence
$2988 $905 $0 $0 $3668 $7561
Fish
Receivers'
(Scallop)
Licence
$538 $0 $0 $0 $661 $1199
Note: 1. FMS means Fisheries Management Services.
2. FRDC means Fisheries Research Development Corporation.".
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11. New Table C in Schedule 12 inserted
After Table BB in Schedule 12 to the Principal
Regulations insert
"TABLE C
LEVIES FOR INDIVIDUAL ABALONE QUOTA UNITS
Column 1
Category
of
individual
abalone
quota unit
Column 2
Management
FMS 1 Levy
Column 3
Compliance
FMS 1 Levy
Column 4
Research
FMS 1
Levy
Column 5
FRDC 2
Levy
Column 6
Peak
Body
Levy
Column 7
TOTAL of
Columns 2
to 6
Individual
blacklip
abalone
quota unit
(Western
Zone)
$238 $882 $211 $105 $300 $1736
Individual
blacklip
abalone
quota unit
(Central
Zone)
$240 $1116 $211 $105 $275 $1947
Individual
blacklip
abalone
quota unit
(Eastern
Zone)
$122 $561 $211 $105 $50 $1049
Individual
greenlip
abalone
quota unit
(Western
Zone)
$0 $0 $0 $0 $850 $850
Individual
greenlip
abalone
quota unit
(Central
Zone)
$0 $0 $0 $0 $869 $869
Note: 1. FMS means Fisheries Management Services.
2. FRDC means Fisheries Research Development Corporation.".
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 23/1998. Reprint No. 5 as at 1 April 2005. Reprinted to
S.R. No. 9/2005 and subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 86/2005,
103/2005, 123/2005 and 150/2005.
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Fee Units
These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units established under
the Monetary Units Act 2004.
The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that
Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee
unit.
The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2005, is
$10.49. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest
10 cents.
The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the
Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a
fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and
a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.
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