Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 NO. 23 OF 1984 - SECT. 20.

20. (1) Where, pursuant to Article 26 of the Torres Strait Treaty, the Papua
New Guinea Minister nominates a boat in respect of which a Papua New Guinea
licence is in force as being a boat in respect of which an endorsement should
be made under this sub-section, the Minister may, in his discretion, endorse
the licence so as to authorize the use of the boat for-

   (a)  taking fish in the course of commercial fishing in areas of Australian
        jurisdiction and carrying, or processing and carrying, in areas of
        Australian jurisdiction, fish that have been taken with the use of the
        licensed boat; or

   (b)  carrying, or processing and carrying, in areas of Australian
        jurisdiction, fish that have been taken with the use of another boat.

(2) An endorsement of a Papua New Guinea licence made under this section comes
into force on the day on which the endorsement is made and remains in force
until the endorsement is revoked or until the Papua New Guinea licence ceases
to be in force, whichever first occurs.

(3) The Minister may, in his discretion, by notice in writing served on the
holder of a licence in respect of which a Treaty endorsement is in force,
revoke the endorsement.

(4) The Minister may, in his discretion, upon application being made in
accordance with the appropriate form by the holder of a licence in force under
section 19 in respect of a boat, nominate, by writing given to the Papua New
Guinea Minister, the boat as being a boat in respect of which an endorsement
should be made pursuant to Article 26 of the Torres Strait Treaty.