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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repealed three hundred and sixty five days from the day it commences.
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