Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2018

Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2018

I, the Lieutenant-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 .

A. M. BLOW

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

S. COURTNEY

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries (General and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2018 .

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 2016 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 28 inserted

After regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Part 4:

28.   Prescribed offences and penalties

(1)  For the purposes of section 234 (1) of the Act –

(a) an offence against a provision of the Act specified in column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 6 is a prescribed offence; and

(b) an offence against a provision of these regulations specified in column 2 of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 6 is a prescribed offence.

(2)  A penalty specified in column 3 of a table in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 6 in respect of a prescribed offence is the penalty applicable to the prescribed offence.

5.    Schedule 6 inserted

After Schedule 5 to the Principal Regulations , the following Schedule is inserted:

SCHEDULE 6 - Offences

Regulation 28

PART 1 - Offences under the Act

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Section of Act	Penalty (penalty units)
1.	Section 15(2)	3
2.	Section 60(1)	4
3.	Section 64(1)	4
4.	Section 86A	3
5.	Section 89(1)	3
6.	Section 89(4)	3
7.	Section 89(7)	2
8.	Section 135(2)	3
9.	Section 139(1)	1
10.	Section 143(3)	2
11.	Section 145(1)	1
12.	Section 145(2)	1
13.	Section 167	1
14.	Section 262(1)	3
15.	Section 270(2)	4

PART 2 - Offences under the regulations

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Regulation	Penalty (penalty units)
16.	Regulation 4(1)	2
17.	Regulation 4(2)	2
18.	Regulation 4(3)	5
19.	Regulation 5	2
20.	Regulation 6(1)(a)	3
21.	Regulation 6(1)(b)	3
22.	Regulation 6(1)(c)	3
23.	Regulation 7(2)	5
24.	Regulation 7(3)	5
25.	Regulation 7A(2)	5
26.	Regulation 7A(3)	5
27.	Regulation 7A(4)	5
28.	Regulation 7A(5)	5
29.	Regulation 7A(6)	5
30.	Regulation 7B(2)	5
31.	Regulation 7B(3)	5
32.	Regulation 7B(4)	5
33.	Regulation 7C(2)	5
34.	Regulation 7C(3)	5
35.	Regulation 7D(2)	5
36.	Regulation 7D(3)	5
37.	Regulation 7D(4)	5
38.	Regulation 7D(5)	5
39.	Regulation 7E(2)	5
40.	Regulation 7E(3)	5
41.	Regulation 8(1)	2
42.	Regulation 8(2)	2
43.	Regulation 15(1)	2
44.	Regulation 15(3)	2
45.	Regulation 15(4)	2
46.	Regulation 25	3
47.	Regulation 26	2

6.   Legislation rescinded

The legislation specified in Schedule 1 is rescinded.

SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation rescinded

Regulation 6

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

Notified in the Gazette on 8 August 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

(a) amend the Fisheries (General and Fees) Regulations 2016 by prescribing certain offences as infringement notice offences for the purposes of the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 and those regulations and specifying the applicable penalties for those offences; and

(b) rescind the Fisheries (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2011 , the Fisheries (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2015 and the Fisheries (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2016 .