Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 NO. 23 OF 1984 - SECT. 17.

PART IV-LICENCES, ENDORSEMENTS AND ENTRIES

17. (1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that a
licence under sub-section 19 (2) is required for the purpose of the taking, in
the course of community fishing, of fish, or fish included in a class of fish
specified in the notice, with the use of any boat or with the use of a boat
included in a class of boats specified in the notice, from any area of
Australian jurisdiction or from an area of Australian jurisdiction specified
in the notice.

(2) A notice under sub-section (1) comes into force on the day specified for
the purpose in the notice, being a day not earlier than one month after the
publication of the notice in the Gazette.

(3) The Minister shall cause the contents of a notice under sub-section (1) to
be published (otherwise than by publication of the notice in the Gazette) or
broadcast in such manner as is prescribed.

(4) For the purposes of section 5 of the Evidence Act 1905 a notice under this
section shall be deemed to be an order within the meaning of that section of
that Act.