Fisheries (Sustainable Fisheries Strategy) Amendment Bill 2018 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act 1994, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 and the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Fisheries (Sustainable Fisheries Strategy) Amendment Act 2018.

2 Commencement The following provisions commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation— (a) part 2, division 3; (b) part 3, division 1; (c) section 71(2); (d) schedule 1.

Part 2 Amendment of Fisheries Act 1994

Division 1 Preliminary

3 Act amended This part and schedule 1 amend the Fisheries Act 1994.

Division 2 Amendments commencing on assent

4 Insertion of new pt 8 , div 1A Part 8, before division 1— insert—

Division 1A Preliminary

139A Reference to document includes reference to reproductions from electronic document A reference in this part to a document includes a reference to an image or writing— (a) produced from an electronic document; or (b) not yet produced, but reasonably capable of being produced, from an electronic document, with or without the aid of another article or device.

5 Amendment of s 140A (Functions of inspectors) Section 140A, from 'inspections'— omit, insert— inspections— (a) to monitor and enforce compliance with— (i) this Act; and (ii) the Biosecurity Act 2014, so far as it relates to fisheries resources or fish habitats; and (iii) the Planning Act, so far as it relates to fisheries development; and (b) to facilitate the administration of this Act, including, for example, by helping the chief executive perform the chief executive's functions under this Act.