Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2024 (Cth)

Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2024

The Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) makes the following instrument.

Dated 8 October 2024.

Julie Collins MP Chair of the Protected Zone Joint Authority Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Cessation 5 Definitions 6 Schedules 7 E-logs and electronic schema 8 Application 9 Master required to furnish information 10 Manner of furnishing information to AFMA Schedule 1 – Repeals Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2023 Appendix 1 – Content of e-logs

1 Name This instrument is the Torres Strait Fisheries (Furnishing of Logbooks) Instrument 2024.

2 Commencement The instrument commences one month after this instrument is registered.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 14(1) of the Act. Note: The Authority may exercise the powers of the Minister under section 14 of the Act in respect of a Protected Zone Joint Authority fishery: see paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Act.

4 Cessation This instrument ceases to have effect on 31 August 2027 unless earlier revoked.

5 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following: 1. boat; 2. commercial fishing; 3. community fishing; 4. fish; 5. traditional inhabitant. In this instrument: Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984. ADC EPRAWN means the electronic log (e-log) utilised for submission of information with the use of an Application Programming Interface (API) which complies with the content requirements specified in clause 1 of Appendix 1. AFMA has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991. Authority means the Protected Zone Joint Authority. bêche-de-mer means fish of the families Holothuriidae and Stichopodidae. bêche-de-mer fishery means the area of the bêche-de-mer fishery prescribed in item 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Regulations.