Fisheries Amendment Bill 2008 (Qld)

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Queensland

Fisheries Amendment Bill 2008

Queensland

Fisheries Amendment Bill 2008

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A Bill

for An Act to amend the Fisheries Act 1994 for particular purposes

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Fisheries Amendment Bill 2008

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

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Short title This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Act 2008.

Commencement

This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Act amended This Act amends the Fisheries Act 1994.

Amendment of s 14 (Aborigines' and Torres Strait Islanders' rights to take fisheries resources etc.)

(1) Section 14, heading— omit, insert—

Defence for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders for particular offences'.

(2) Section 14(1)— omit, insert—

"(1)_ It is a defence in a proceeding against a person for an offence against this Act relating to the taking, using or keeping of fisheries resources, or the using of fish habitats, for the person to prove—

(a) the person is an Aborigine, who at the time of the offence was acting under Aboriginal tradition, or the person is a Torres Strait Islander, who at the time of the offence was acting under Island custom; and

(b) _ the taking, using or keeping of the fisheries resources, or the using of the fish habitats, was for the purpose of satisfying a personal, domestic or non-commercial

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