Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Amendment Rules 2014
I make the following rules under the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 .
14 September 2014JEREMY ROCKLIFF
Minister for Primary Industries and Water
These rules may be cited as the Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Amendment Rules 2014 .
These rules take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these rules, the Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Rules 2011 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 11 substituted
Rule 11 of the Principal Rules is rescinded and the following rule is substituted:11. Restriction on holding licences
The holder of a fishing licence (commercial dive) must not hold more than 3 fishing licences (commercial dive) at any one time.Penalty: Grade 3 penalty.
5. Rule 17 amended (Use of fish caufs by licensees)
Rule 17 of the Principal Rules is amended as follows:(a) by inserting in subrule (2)(c)(i) "unless the person who landed the controlled fish has issued a commercial dive direct sales receipt, in respect of the controlled fish, to the holder of the licence to which this rule applies" after "licence";(b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a) in subrule (3) :(ab) controlled fish taken under the authority of a particular fishing licence (commercial dive) are not placed in the same fish cauf as controlled fish taken under the authority of another fishing licence (commercial dive); and(c) by inserting in subrule (3)(c)(ii) "or the name of the person who landed the controlled fish and the number of the commercial dive direct sales receipt completed in relation to those controlled fish and issued under paragraph (c)(i) to the holder of the licence to which this rule applies." after "fish".
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 1 October 2014
These rules are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the rule)
These rules amend the Fisheries (Commercial Dive) Rules 2011 by –(a) removing certain restrictions relating to the holding of a fishing licence (commercial dive); and(b) providing that the holder of a fishing licence (commercial dive) endorsed for the use of a fish cauf may place fish taken under the authority of another fishing licence (commercial dive) in his or her fish cauf in certain circumstances.