South Australia
Fisheries Management (Miscellaneous Broodstock and Seedstock Fishery) Regulations 2013
under the Fisheries Management Act 2007

Contents
1	Short title
3	Interpretation
4	Constitution of Fishery
5	Issue of permits
6	Power of Minister to limit fishing activities
7	Registration
8	Revocation of registration
9	Transfer of permits
10	Periodic returns
11	Provision relating to keeping of records
12	Minister's determinations
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Management (Miscellaneous Broodstock and Seedstock Fishery) Regulations 2013.
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 responsible for assisting a Minister in the administration of the Act;
fishery means the Miscellaneous Broodstock and Seedstock Fishery constituted by these regulations.
	(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 reference to the taking of aquatic resources includes a reference to an act preparatory to, or involved in, the taking of the aquatic resources.
4—Constitution of Fishery
	(1)	The Miscellaneous Broodstock and Seedstock Fishery is constituted.
	(2)	The Miscellaneous Broodstock and Seedstock Fishery consists of—
	(a)	the taking of sexually mature aquatic organisms in the waters of the State to provide reproductive material for the purposes of aquaculture; or
	(b)	the taking of juvenile aquatic organisms in the waters of the State for the purposes of aquaculture (other than the taking of mussel spat in an area subject to an aquaculture lease, pursuant to an aquaculture licence authorising the farming of mussels).
5—Issue of permits
	(1)	The Minister may issue permits in respect of the fishery.
	(2)	The Minister may only grant a permit in respect of the fishery if satisfied as to the following:
	(a)	that the applicant is the holder of an aquaculture licence;
	(b)	if the applicant is a natural person—that the person is at least 15 years of age and is a fit and proper person to hold a permit in respect of the fishery;
	(c)	if the applicant is a company—that each director of the company is a fit and proper person to be a director of a company that holds a permit in respect of the fishery.
6—Power of Minister to limit fishing activities
The Minister may impose conditions on a permit in respect of the fishery limiting the class of fishing activities that may be engaged in under the permit.
7—Registration
An application by the holder of a permit in respect of the fishery—
	(a)	to register a boat or device for use under the permit; or
	(b)	to register a person as a master of a boat that may be used under the permit,
must be accompanied by the documents specified in the application form.
8—Revocation of registration
	(1)	The Minister may, on application by the holder of a permit in respect of the fishery, revoke the registration of—
	(a)	a boat or device used under the permit; or
	(b)	a person as a master of a boat that may be used under the permit.
	(2)	An application for revocation of registration must—
	(a)	be made in a manner and form approved by the Minister; and
	(b)	be completed in accordance with the instructions contained in the form; and
	(c)	be accompanied by the documents specified in the application form.
9—Transfer of permits
	(1)	A permit in respect of the fishery is transferable.
	(2)	An application for consent to the transfer of a permit must be accompanied by—
	(a)	the permit to be transferred; and
	(b)	a form of return as required by regulation 10 completed by the holder of the permit up to the date of application; and
	(c)	if the transferee is a company—a current company extract relating to the transferee issued not more than 1 month immediately preceding the date of application.
	(3)	The Minister may only consent to the transfer of a permit if satisfied as to the following:
	(a)	that any fees or other amounts payable in relation to the permit under the Act have been paid in full;
	(b)	that the permit to be transferred has not been suspended;
	(c)	that no proceedings alleging an offence against the Act or the repealed Act are pending or likely to be commenced in the State against the holder of the permit;
	(d)	that the transferee is the holder of an aquaculture licence;
	(e)	if the transferee is a natural person—that the transferee is at least 15 years of age and is a fit and proper person to hold a permit in respect of the fishery;
	(f)	if the transferee is a company—that each director of the company is a fit and proper person to be a director of a company that holds a permit in respect of the fishery.
10—Periodic returns
	(1)	The holder of a permit in respect of the fishery must provide the Department with such returns in the manner and form, at such times and containing such information, as determined by the Minister.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $500.
	(2)	The holder of a permit in respect of the fishery must keep a record of each return that the permit holder provides to the Department under this regulation in such manner, and for such period, as determined by the Minister.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
Expiation fee: $500.
11—Provision relating to keeping of records
A person required under these regulations to keep a record for a period of time must ensure that the record—
	(a)	is maintained in a good condition and is legible; and
	(b)	is kept so that it is readily accessible; and
	(c)	is produced for inspection by a fisheries officer on request.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
Expiation fee: $210.
12—Minister's determinations
	(1)	The Minister may make a determination for the purposes of a regulation.
	(2)	A determination may—
	(a)	be of general or limited application; and
	(b)	make different provision according to the persons, things or circumstances to which it is expressed to apply.
	(3)	If the Minister makes a determination for the purposes of a regulation, notice of the determination—
	(a)	must be published on the Department's website; and
	(b)	may also be published in the Gazette.
	(4)	As soon as practicable after a determination of the Minister is made, a notice in writing setting out the date on which notice of the determination is published and the terms of the determination must be given to the persons bound by the determination in a manner and form that, in the opinion of the Minister, will bring the determination to the attention of those persons.
	(5)	The Minister may, by further determination, vary or revoke a determination.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.
	•	Earlier versions of these regulations (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Principal regulations and variations
New entries appear in bold.
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
2013	195	Gazette 1.8.2013 p3337 	1.12.2013: r 2	
2016	258	Gazette 15.11.2016 p4408	15.3.2017: r 2	
2017	229	Gazette 8.8.2017 p3415	15.1.2018: r 2	
Provisions varied
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
r 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	15.3.2017	
r 3			
r 3(1)			
Department	inserted by 229/2017 r 4(1)	15.1.2018	
r 3(3)	varied by 229/2017 r 4(2)	15.1.2018	
r 4			
r 4(2)	varied by 258/2016 r 4	15.3.2017	
r 8			
r 8(2)	varied by 229/2017 r 5	15.1.2018	
rr 10 and 11	substituted by 229/2017 r 6	15.1.2018	
r 12	inserted by 229/2017 r 6	15.1.2018	
Historical versions
15.3.2017