Arrangement between the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland under section 31 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 (Cth)

Arrangement between the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland under section 31 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

made under the

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

1 Commencement

This arrangement commences on 1 April 1999.

2 Definitions

In this arrangement:

Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

aquaculture has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Act 1994 of Queensland.

Fisheries Jurisdiction Line means the line mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of area of Australia jurisdiction in subsection 3 (1) of the Act.

Protected Zone Joint Authority means the Authority established under section 30 of the Act.

Seabed Jurisdiction Line means the line mentioned in subsection 31 (4) of the Act.

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Section 3

3 Arrangement with Queensland

(1) The Protected Zone Joint Authority is to have the management of the fishery specified in section 4.

(2) The fishery is to be managed in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth.

4 The fishery

(1) The fishery is commercial fishing within an area specified in subsection 4 (2), of any kind other than:

(a) fishing for sedentary organisms in the area of the Protected Zone bounded by the Fisheries Jurisdiction Line lying north of the Seabed Jurisdiction Line; and

(b) aquaculture; and

(c) fishing in areas within the limits of Queensland.

(2) The areas are:

(a) that part of the Protected Zone south of the Fisheries Jurisdiction Line; and

(b) the areas declared under subsection 15 (1) of the Act by the Proclamation of 7 February 1985; and

(c) the area declared under that subsection by the Proclamation of 18 March 1999.