Statutory  Rules  1991   No. 911

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Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.

 Dated 29 April 1991.

             BILL HAYDEN

  Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

J. KERIN

Minister of State for Primary Industries

 and Energy

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Citation

 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Regulations.

Commencement

 2. These Regulations commence on 2 July 1991.

Interpretation

 3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“Corporation” means the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation specified in regulation 4;

“fisheries industry” means the industry concerned with:

 (a) taking; or

 (b) culturing; or

 (c) processing; or

 (d) preserving; or

 (e) storing; or

 (f) transporting; or

 (g) marketing; or

 (h) selling;

fish or fish products;

“fish” means all living aquatic natural resources of:

 (a) rivers; or

 (b) estuaries; or

 (c) the sea; or

 (d) the seabed; or

 (e) waters within the limits of Australia;

“fish products” means all products derived from:

 (a) culturing; or

 (b) processing; or

 (c) preserving;

fish;

“the Act” means the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989.

Establishment of the Fisheries Corporation

 4. An R & D Corporation to be known as the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation is declared to be established in respect of the fisheries industry.

Annual Report

 5. For the purposes of paragraph 28 (1) (d) of the Act, the fisheries industry is a prescribed primary industry.

Accountability to representative organisations

 6. For the purposes of subparagraph 29 (b) (iii) of the Act, the fisheries industry is a prescribed primary industry.

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NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 May 1991.