Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 NO. 23 OF 1984 - SECT. 31.

31. (1) Subject to this section, the Commonwealth may make an arrangement with
Queensland that the Protected Zone Joint Authority is to have the management
of a particular fishery in waters adjacent to Queensland.

(2) An arrangement under sub-section (1) shall provide either that-

   (a)  the fishery (being a fishery wholly or partly in the Protected Zone
        coastal waters of Queensland) is to be managed in accordance with the
        law of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  the fishery (being a fishery wholly or partly in waters on the seaward
        side of the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland) is to be
        managed in accordance with the law of Queensland.

(3) Subject to this section, the Commonwealth may make an arrangement with
Queensland with respect to a particular fishery in waters adjacent to
Queensland, not being a fishery to which an arrangement under sub-section (1)
applies-

   (a)  that the fishery (being a fishery wholly or partly in the Protected
        Zone coastal waters of Queensland) is to be managed by the
        Commonwealth in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  that the fishery (being a fishery wholly or partly in waters on the
        seaward side of the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland) is to
        be managed by Queensland in accordance with the law of Queensland.

(4) An arrangement made under this section in relation to fishing for
sedentary organisms has no effect in waters (other than the Protected Zone
coastal waters of Queensland) that are to the north of the line described in
Annex 5 of the Torres Strait Treaty.