Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1999

Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1999

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 .

22 December 1999

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1999 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Fisheries (General and Fees) Regulations 1996 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 6 amended

Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (5) , (6) , (7) and (8) and substituting the following subregulation:

(5)  A person must not take or have possession of greenlip abalone –

(a) the shell of which is 145 millimetres or less at its widest diameter, whether or not the shell is broken or chipped in any way, in State waters or on land other than that specified in paragraph (b) or (c) ; or

(b) the shell of which is 140 millimetres or less at its widest diameter, whether or not the shell is broken or chipped in any way –

(i) in State waters adjacent to the west and north coasts of mainland Tasmania beginning at the mouth of the Arthur River, then west along the line of latitude 41^o 3’ 34” South until the junction with the line of longitude 144^o 20’ East, then north along that line of longitude until the junction with the line of latitude 40^o 20’ South, then east along that line of latitude until the junction with the line of longitude 146^o 49’ 55” East, then south along that line of longitude until Three Mile Bluff; or

(ii) on any land adjacent to those waters; or

(c) the shell of which is 155 millimetres or less at its widest diameter, whether or not the shell is broken or chipped in any way –

(i) in State waters adjacent to King Island bounded by the line of latitude 40^o 20’ South in the south, the line of longitude 143^o 30’ East in the east, the line of latitude 39^o 30’ South in the north and the line of longitude 144^o 30’ East in the east; or

(ii) on any land adjacent to those waters.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding the applicable Grade 3 penalty.

5.    Schedule 1 amended (Licence fees)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph (b) in item 3 in Part 1 the following item:

(c) Granting approval of other form of supervision of activity under licence

$200

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 29 December 1999

These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations make further provision relating to –

(a) minimum size of abalone; and

(b) fees for supervision under licence.