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LIVING MARINE RESOURCES AMENDMENT BILL 2017 BILL 14 OF 2017

                                    CLAUSE NOTES

           Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Bill 2017


Clause 1    Short title and citation.

Clause 2   The Act commences on the day on which it receives Royal Assent.

Clause 3   The Principal Act is the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995.

Clause 4   Section 40 amended (Miscellaneous matters)
           Subsection 2 is amending by omitting “Minister, by Public Notice,” and
           substituting “Minister” to provide for other means for determinations to be
           made.

           Subsection 3 is inserted to provide that the means for making determinations
           provided for by subsection 2 must be specified in rules.

Clause 5   Section 255A inserted
           After section 255, section 255A is inserted.

           Subsection 1 provides definitions of “board trawl net” and “pair trawl net” and
           provides that a “trawl net” means a board trawl net or a pair trawl net.

           Subsection 2 provides that a person must not possess a trawl net on a fishing
           vessel in State waters unless that possession is authorised under the law of another
           jurisdiction.

           Subsection 3 provides that a person must not use a trawl net in State waters.

Clause 6   Section 279 amended (Industry levy)
           Subsection 2A is inserted that provides that a levy set under subsection 2 of
           section 279 may be expressed in fee units as it were a fee under the Fee Units Act
           1997 to allow for the levy to increase commentate to changes in the fee unit
           linked to CPI.

Clause 7   Repeal of Act
           Provides that the Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Bill 2017 is
           repealed three hundred and sixty five days from the day it commences.




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