Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2009

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

14 December 2009

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2009 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on 11 January 2010.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Fisheries (General and Fees) Regulations 2006 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Licence fees)

Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting after paragraph (c) in item 3 the following:

(d) Variation (de-authorise quota)

50 fee units

(b) by omitting item 9 and substituting the following:

9.	Fishing licence (scallop)
	(a) Renewal –
	(i) fixed component	8 fee units per scallop quota unit
	(ii) plus research levy component	2 fee units
	(iii) plus fisheries management component	622 fee units plus 4.4 fee units per scallop quota unit
	(b) Transfer of licence	250 fee units
	(c) Transfer of permanent scallop quota units, per application	100 fee units
	(d) Variation (seasonal quota transfer)	50 fee units

(c) by inserting after paragraph (b) in item 10 the following:

(c) Variation (change, removal or entry of fishing vessel)

50 fee units

(d) by inserting after paragraph (b) in item 18 the following:

(c) Variation (change, removal or entry of fishing vessel)

50 fee units

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

Notified in the Gazette on 23 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) revising the method of calculating the renewal fee for a fishing licence (scallop); and

(b) prescribing fees for the variation of a fishing licence (scallop spat collection), fishing licence (mussel spat collection) and fishing licence (abalone dive).