Marine Farming Planning Regulations 2016
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 Marine Farming Planning Act 1995 .
19 September 2016C. WARNER
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
JEREMY ROCKLIFF
Minister for Primary Industries and Water
These regulations may be cited as the Marine Farming Planning Regulations 2016 .
These regulations take effect on 11 October 2016.
In these regulations –Act means the Marine Farming Planning Act 1995 .
(1) The application fees specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 are prescribed as the application fees that are payable for the matters specified in that Part to which they respectively relate.(2) The charges specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 are prescribed as the charges that are payable for the matters specified in that Part to which they respectively relate.(3) The annual lease fees specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 are prescribed as the annual lease fees that are payable for the matters specified in that Part to which they respectively relate.
(1) A person may apply to the Minister for an exemption from any fees or charges on or before the date on which the fees or charges are payable.(2) The Minister, by notice in writing to the person, may –(a) approve the application; or(b) refuse to approve the application.
(1) A person may apply to the Minister for the remission of any fees or charges within 14 days after the fees or charges are paid.(2) The Minister, by notice in writing to the person, may –(a) approve the application; or(b) refuse to approve the application.
(1) The offences under the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 are the offences in respect of which infringement notices may be served under Division 7 of Part 5 of the Act.(2) The penalties specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 are the penalties to be imposed by infringement notices for the corresponding offences specified opposite in column 1 of that Schedule.(3) A daily penalty in relation to an offence may not be imposed by an infringement notice in relation to that offence.
SCHEDULE 1 - Fees and Charges
PART 1 - Application fees
No. | Item | Amount (Fee units) | 1. | Approval to prepare draft marine farming development plan | 735 | 2. | Exemption from emergency plan | 400 | 3. | Certificate of preference | 400 | 4. | Lease | 1 140 | 5. | Emergency lease | 400 | 6. | Renewal of lease | 250 | 7. | Transfer of lease | 450 | 8. | Sub-lease | 150 | 9. | Expansion of lease area | 1 090 | 10. | Subdivision of lease area | 720 |
PART 2 - Charges
No. | Item | Amount (Fee units) | 1. | Processing request to vary lease | 740 | 2. | Processing request to vary lease area | 1 090 | 3. | Processing request to amend marine farming development plan | 1 140 |
PART 3 - Annual lease fees
No. | Item | Amount (Fee units) | 1. | Annual fees for lessees of shellfish farms – | base fee | 90 | plus additional fee per hectare of lease area | 45 | 2. | Annual fees for lessees of finfish farms – | base fee | 1 500 | plus additional fee per hectare of lease area | 170 |
SCHEDULE 2 - Infringement Notice Offences
COLUMN 1 | COLUMN 2 | OFFENCES | PENALTY (Penalty Units) | 1. | Failing to take oath or make affirmation at hearing of Panel – section 12(4)(a) | 2 | 2. | Failing to comply with emergency order – section 43(6) | 2 | 3. | Failing to comply with provisions of emergency plan – section 45(6) | 2 | 4. | Contravening or failing to comply with condition or restriction of lease – section 64(4) | 4 | 5. | Failing to comply with notice to remove equipment, debris and fish stock – section 71(2) | 2 | 6. | Placing equipment etc. or fish stock within lease area without approval – section 71(3) | 2 | 7. | Sub-leasing without approval – section 74(1) | 2 | 8. | Failing to comply with notice requiring delivery of lease – section 76(3) | 2 | 9. | Interfering with surveyor performing survey – section 87(4) | 2 | 10. | Acting contrary to marine farming development plan, emergency order or emergency plan – section 91(1)(a) | 4 | 11. | Unlawfully taking, removing, disturbing or interfering with fish, marine plants, raft, structure or implement – section 92(1)(a) | 2 | 12. | Unlawfully dredging, digging or dragging lease area – section 92(1)(b) | 2 | 13. | Unlawfully causing harm or damage to lease area or other area or to equipment or fish stocks in such area – section 92(1)(c) | 2 | 14. | Unlawfully depositing stone, ballast, rubbish or deleterious matter in lease area – section 92(2)(a) | 2 | 15. | Unlawfully using explosive or toxic gas or toxic, poisonous or narcotic substance in lease area – section 92(2)(b) | 2 | 16. | Unlawfully removing, destroying, damaging or interfering with beacon, buoy or mark used to indicate boundary of lease area – section 93(a) | 2 | 17. | Unlawfully removing, destroying, damaging or interfering with light – section 93(b) | 2 | 18. | Unlawfully removing, destroying, damaging or interfering with beacon, signal or light attached to raft or structure – section 93(c) | 2 | 19. | Having rope, cable or other device securing marine farming equipment outside marine farming zone unless authorised – section 94(1)(a) | 4 | 20. | Having marine farming equipment (other than rope, cable or other device securing marine farming equipment) outside lease area unless authorised – section 94(1)(b) | 4 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 28 September 2016
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 –(a) prescribe fees and charges for the purposes of the Marine Farming Planning Act 1995 ; and(b) provide for the remission, or exemption from payment, of those fees and charges; and(c) prescribe offences for which infringement notices may be issued; and(d) prescribe penalties for those offences; and(e) are made consequent on the repeal of the Marine Farming Planning Regulations 2006 under section 11 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .