Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 NO. 23 OF 1984 - SECT. 21.

21. (1) The Minister may, in his discretion, upon application being made in
accordance with the appropriate form, make an entry in a licence granted under
sub-section 19 (2) or (3) or in a Treaty endorsement so as to extend the
licence or endorsement, as the case may be, to authorize the use of the boat
in respect of which the licence or endorsement, as the case may be, is in
force for engaging, at any time or during a period specified in the entry, in
activities in the course of commercial fishing that are prohibited by a notice
in force under sub-section 16 (1) to which sub-section 16 (7) relates, being a
notice identified in the entry.

(2) The Minister may, in his discretion, upon application being made in
accordance with the appropriate form, make an entry in a licence granted under
sub-section 19 (2) or (3) in respect of a foreign boat or in a Treaty
endorsement so as to extend the licence or endorsement, as the case may be, to
authorize the boat in respect of which the licence or endorsement, as the case
may be, is in force-

   (a)  to be brought, at any time or at a time specified in the entry, into a
        place specified in the entry, being a place in Australia that is
        within the Protected Zone; or

   (b)  to be brought, at any time or at a time specified in the entry, into a
        place in Australia specified in the entry and to authorize the landing
        at that place of fish carried on board the boat at the time when the
        boat is brought into that place.

(3) An entry in a licence or in a Treaty endorsement may be made at the time
when the licence is granted or the endorsement is made, as the case may be, or
at any later time.

(4) An entry made in a licence or in a Treaty endorsement under this section
comes into force on the day on which the entry is made and, subject to
sub-sections (5) and (6), remains in force until the licence or endorsement,
as the case may be, ceases to be in force.

(5) The Minister may, in his discretion, by notice in writing given to the
holder of a licence or Treaty endorsement in which an entry has been made
under this section, suspend the entry for a period specified in the notice or
revoke the entry.

(6) The Minister may, by notice in writing given to the holder of a licence or
Treaty endorsement in which an entry has been made under this section, vary
the entry.

(7) An entry made in a licence or in a Treaty endorsement under this section
ceases to be in force if the holder of the licence or endorsement, as the case
may be, by notice in writing given to the Minister, surrenders the entry.