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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (PRAWN FISHERIES) REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 3

3—Interpretation

        (1)         In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

"Act" means the Fisheries Management Act 2007 ;

"Corporations Act" means the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;

"current company extract" means a document prepared by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission from its national database kept under the Corporations Act that contains current details of the following in relation to a company:

            (a)         the company's name;

            (b)         the address of the company's registered office;

            (c)         the date of registration of the company;

            (d)         the State or Territory in which the company is taken to be registered under the Corporations Act;

            (e)         the company's Australian Company Number;

            (f)         whether the company is a proprietary company or a public company;

            (g)         the full name of each director of the company;

            (h)         the full name of each secretary (if any) of the company;

"Department" means the administrative unit of the Public Service that is responsible for assisting a Minister in the administration of the Act;

"GDA2020" means the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 as defined in the determination under section 8A of the National Measurement Act 1960 of the Commonwealth for the recognised-value standard of measurement position;

"Gulf St. Vincent" means the waters of Gulf St. Vincent, Investigator Strait and Backstairs Passage contained within and bounded by a line commencing at Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°13'26.85" South, 137°00'00.03" East, then beginning easterly following the line of Mean High Water Springs to the location closest to 35°39'37.01" South, 138°13'38.12" East (Porpoise Head), then south-westerly to the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°48'06.88" South, 138°07'29.09" East (Cape St Albans, Kangaroo Island), then beginning south-westerly following the line of Mean High Water Springs to the location closest to 35°40'20.02" South, 137°00'00.03" East, then northerly to the point of commencement;

"Mean High Water Springs" means the line representing the average of all high water observations at the time of spring tide over a period of 19 years;

"overall length", in relation to a boat, means the horizontal distance between—

            (a)         a perpendicular dropped from the extremity of the bow of the boat or, if a fixture or structure attached to the bow projects beyond the bow, from the extremity of that fixture or structure; and

            (b)         a perpendicular dropped from the extremity of the stern of the boat or, if a fixture or structure attached to the stern projects beyond the stern, from the extremity of that fixture or structure;

"prawn" means King Prawn (Merlicertus latisulcatus) ;

"prawn fishery" means—

            (a)         the Gulf St. Vincent Prawn Fishery; or

            (b)         the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery; or

            (c)         the West Coast Prawn Fishery,

constituted by these regulations;

"Spencer Gulf" means the waters of Spencer Gulf north of the geodesic from the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 34°59'07.10" South, 136°00'11.09" East (Cape Catastrophe, Eyre Peninsula) to the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°17'59.55" South, 136°52'50.14" East (Cape Spencer, Yorke Peninsula);

"surveyed length", in relation to a registered boat, means the length as shown on the certificate of survey issued under the Harbors and Navigation Act 1993 ;

"trawl net" has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 ;

"West Coast waters" means the waters adjacent to South Australia contained within the meridians of longitude 131° East and 137° East, but does not include the waters of Spencer Gulf north of the geodesic from the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 34°59'07.10" South, 136°00'11.09" East (Cape Catastrophe, Eyre Peninsula) to the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°17'59.55" South, 136°52'50.14" East (Cape Spencer, Yorke Peninsula).

        (2)         In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, "company", "director", "proprietary company" and "public company" have the same respective meanings as in the Corporations Act.

        (3)         In these regulations—

            (a)         all lines in spatial descriptions are geodesics and coordinates expressed in terms of GDA2020;

            (b)         common and scientific fish names are given according to AS5300—2019 Australian Fish Names Standard published by the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation, as in force from time to time;

            (c)         a reference to the "taking of aquatic resources" includes a reference to an act preparatory to, or involved in, the taking of the aquatic resources.



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