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FISHERIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1992NO. 17

Statutory Rules 1992 No. 17

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 149(1) of the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

Section 8 of the Act provides for the establishment by regulation of a Research and Development Corporation in respect of a primary industry or class of primary industries and for the Corporation to be known by the name specified in the regulations and under this section the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation was established by Statutory Rule 1991 No. 91.

The Fisheries Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 which came into effect on 3 February 1992, amends the Act by specifying the proportion of Gross Value of Production that is to be paid to a Research and Development Corporation.

Paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Act provides that certain levies may be declared by Regulation as attached to a Research and Development Corporation. The primary purpose of the Regulations is to attach to the Corporation levies imposed under the Fisheries Levy Act 1984, Fishing Levy Act 1991 and the Foreign Fishing Licences Levy Act 1991 and to then specify the proportion of those levies, based on the GVP, designated for Research. Amendments are also made to terminology in the Regulation.

Details of the Regulations are set out below.

Regulation 1 provides for the regulations to commence at the same time as the Fisheries Legislation (Consequential provisions) Act 1991.

Regulation 2 provides for amendment of the principal Regulations.

Regulation 3 defines terms used in the proposed regulations.

Regulation 4 substitutes "fishing industry" in place of "fisheries industry" in line with current terminology.

Regulation 5 prescribes the levies that the corporation controls as well as the research proportion of the total levies. This section also specifies the formulae for determining the total value of production of the fishing industry and the Commonwealth managed component.

Regulation 6 substitutes "fishing industry" in place of "fisheries industry" in line with current terminology.

Regulation 7 substitutes "fishing industry" in place of "fisheries industry" in line with current terminology.

The Regulations commenced at the same time as the Fisheries Legislation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991.