STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991 

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.   Short title [see Note 1]    
2.   Commencement [see Note 1]    
3.   Interpretation    
4.   Application of Act    
5.   Imposition of charge    
6.   Exemption from charge    
7.   Amount of charge    
8.   By whom is charge payable?    
9.   Regulations    

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991

- LONG TITLE

An Act to impose a charge on the grant of statutory fishing
rights

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 1   Short title [see Note 1] 

 
        This Act may be cited as the Statutory Fishing Rights Charge Act 1991.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 2   Commencement [see Note 1] 

 
(1)  Sections 1 and 2 commence on the day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
(2)  Subject to subsection (3), the remaining provisions of this Act
commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3)  If a provision mentioned in subsection (2) does not commence under
that subsection within the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which
this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end
of that period.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 3   Interpretation 

 
        In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"statutory fishing right" means a statutory fishing right granted
under Part 3 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 4   Application of Act 

 
        This Act extends to every external Territory and applies both within and
outside Australia.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 5   Imposition of charge 

 
        Subject to section 6, charge is imposed on the grant of a statutory
fishing right.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 6   Exemption from charge 

 
        Charge is not payable on a grant of a statutory fishing right declared by the
regulations to be exempt from charge.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 7   Amount of charge 

 
        The amount of the charge payable in respect of the grant of a statutory
fishing right is such amount as is equal to:

        (a)  if the right is auctioned--the amount of the highest bid made at the
auction by the grantee of the right; or
        (b)  if tenders were called in respect of the grant of the right--the amount of
the bid submitted by the grantee of the right; or
        (c)  if the grant of the right is made otherwise than by auction or by calling
tenders--such amount as is calculated in accordance with the regulations.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 8   By whom is charge payable? 

 
        Charge is payable by the person to whom the right is granted.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991
- SECT 9   Regulations 

 
        The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act,
prescribing all matters:

        (a)  required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
        (b)  necessary or convenient to be prescribed in carrying out or giving effect
to this Act.

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991

- NOTES

Compilation Information

Statutory Fishing Rights Charge Act 1991
Act No. 157 of 1991
  
  
  

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991

- NOTES

STATUTORY FISHING RIGHTS CHARGE ACT 1991Notes to the Statutory Fishing Rights Charge Act 1991

Note 1
The Statutory Fishing Rights Charge Act 1991 as shown in this
compilation comprises Act No. 157, 1991 amended as indicated in the Tables
below.
Table of Acts

Act

Number
and year

Date
of Assent

Date
of commencement

Application,
saving or transitional provisions

Statutory
Fishing Rights Charge Act 1991

157,
1991

21
Oct 1991

Ss.
1, 2: Royal AssentRemainder 3 Feb 1992 (see Gazette 1992, No. GN1)