Biosecurity (Salmonid Biosecurity Zones) Regulations 2022 (Tas)

Biosecurity (Salmonid Biosecurity Zones) Regulations 2022

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Biosecurity Act 2019 .

13 December 2022

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

JO PALMER

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Biosecurity (Salmonid Biosecurity Zones) Regulations 2022 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3. Interpretation (1) In these regulations – Act means the Biosecurity Act 2019 ; adjacent area, for Tasmania, has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 of the Crimes at Sea Act 1999 ; fish means any aquatic animal, whether dead or alive, of any species (other than amphibians, birds, mammals or reptiles) which, in the normal course of events, spends part or all its life in the aquatic environment; fish farm licence has the same meaning as in the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 ; fish processing licence means a fish processing licence in force under Part 4 of the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 ; marine farming development plan has the same meaning as in the Marine Farming Planning Act 1995 ; marine salmonid biosecurity zone means a biosecurity zone established under Division 2 of Part 2 ; primary production of fish means any of the following activities, either alone or in combination: (a) the growing, cultivating, picking, harvesting, collecting or catching of fish; (b) the growing of fish; (c) the transportation or delivery of fish; (d) the holding of live fish; (e) fish processing; salmonid means fish of the following species, in part or whole, and whether dead or alive: (a) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar); (b) Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss); (c) Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis); (d) Brown trout (Salmo trutta); (e) any hybrid of the species above; salmonid biosecurity zone means a biosecurity zone established under Part 2 ; Tasmanian Salmonid Industry Biosecurity Program means the approved biosecurity program or government biosecurity program of that name, as in force and amended or substituted from time to time under Part 9 of the Act. (2) In these regulations, a reference to the primary production of any specified class or species of fish is a reference to the primary production of fish involving that class or species of fish.