Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 NO. 23 OF 1984 - SECT. 19.

19. (1) The Minister may, in his discretion, upon application being made in
accordance with the appropriate form, grant to a person a master fisherman's
licence authorizing the person to be in charge of a boat that is being used
for commercial fishing (other than community fishing) in areas of Australian
jurisdiction.

(2) Subject to sub-section (4), the Minister may, in his discretion, upon
application being made in accordance with the appropriate form, grant to a
person a licence in respect of a boat authorizing the use of the boat for
taking fish in the course of commercial fishing in areas of Australian
jurisdiction and for carrying, or for processing and carrying, in areas of
Australian jurisdiction, fish that have been taken with the use of the
licensed boat.

(3) Subject to sub-section (4), the Minister may, in his discretion, upon
application being made in accordance with the appropriate form, grant to a
person a licence in respect of a boat authorizing the use of that boat for
carrying, or for processing and carrying, in areas of Australian jurisdiction,
fish that have been taken with the use of another boat.

(4) The Minister shall not grant a licence under sub-section (2) or (3) in
respect of a foreign boat or in respect of a boat in respect of which such a
licence should not, in the opinion of the Minister, be granted without
consultation with Papua New Guinea in accordance with Article 27 of the Torres
Strait Treaty, unless-

   (a)  the Minister has notified the Papua New Guinea Minister that a licence
        is proposed to be granted under that sub-section in respect of that
        boat; and

   (b)  the Papua New Guinea Minister has agreed to the granting of the
        licence.