Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009
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 .
30 November 2009PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
D. E. LLEWELLYN
Minister for Primary Industries and Water
These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009 .
These regulations take effect on 31 December 2009.
In these regulations, the Fisheries (General and Fees) Regulations 2006 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:(a) by omitting the definition of Bass Strait area and substituting the following definition:Bass Strait area means the area of State waters adjacent to the north coast of Tasmania and the Furneaux Group of islands in Bass Strait bounded in the west by the line of longitude 145° 22’ 42” East and in the east by an imaginary line beginning where the line of longitude 147° 27’ 00” East meets the high-water mark of the north coast of the mainland of Tasmania in Anderson Bay, then running due north until its junction with the line of latitude 40° 39’ South, then due east along that line of latitude to the limit of State waters;(b) by omitting " Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2000 " from the definition of fishing licence (abalone dive) and substituting " Fisheries (Abalone) Rules 2009 ";(c) by omitting paragraph (b) from the definition of mother boat ;(d) by omitting the definitions of northern area and northern blacklip area and substituting the following definitions:northern area means the area of State waters adjacent to the north, north-west and north-east coasts of the mainland of Tasmania and King Island, and those State waters north of a line bounded in the east by an imaginary line from the northern side of the mouth of the Great Musselroe River at Musselroe Bay running due west for 100 metres, then following the shoreline 100 metres from shore to the northernmost tip of Musselroe Point, then running due north until intersection with the line of latitude 40o 48' 00" South, and running due east to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the west by an imaginary straight line running due west from the mouth of the Arthur River to the outer limit of State waters;northern blacklip area means the area of State waters adjacent to the north, north-west and north-east coasts of the mainland of Tasmania and King Island, and those State waters generally north of a line bounded in the east by an imaginary line from the northern side of the mouth of the Great Musselroe River at Musselroe Bay running due west for 100 metres, then following the shoreline 100 metres from shore to the northernmost tip of Musselroe Point, then running due north until intersection with the line of latitude 40o 48' 00" South, and running due east to the outer limit of State waters, and bounded in the west by an imaginary line from the northernmost point of Woolnorth Point to Brown Rocks then running due west to the limit of State waters;
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 9 December 2009
These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Fisheries (General and Fees) Regulations 2006 by –(a) amending the definitions of "Bass Strait area", "mother boat", "northern area"and "northern blacklip area"; and(b) updating a legislative reference.