Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FISHING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 176 of 1987 - SECT 21

21. Section 12H of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (1) "The" and substituting "Subject to
        subsection (1A), the"; and

   (b)  by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) An arrangement shall not be made under subsection (1) with the States
represented on the Northern Australian Fisheries Joint Authority if the
arrangement relates to the management of a fishery wholly or partly in waters
adjacent to the State of Western Australia that are south of the parallel of
latitude 16 degrees south.".