Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 NO. 23 OF 1984 - SECT. 41.

41. (1) The Protected Zone Joint Authority shall, as soon as practicable after
30 June in each year, prepare a report on the activities of the
Protected Zone Joint Authority in the year ending on that date and on the
condition during that year of the fisheries to which the functions of the
Protected Zone Joint Authority applied in that year.

(2) The Commonwealth Minister shall cause a copy of every report under
sub-section (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament as soon as
practicable after the preparation of the report.

(3) If the day on which this Act comes into operation (in this sub-section
referred to as the ''relevant day'') is a day between any 1 July and the next
1 January, the first report of the Protected Zone Joint Authority shall relate
to the period commencing on the relevant day and ending on the 30 June next
succeeding the relevant day.

(4) If the day on which this Act comes into operation (in this sub-section
referred to as the ''relevant day'') is a day between any 31 December and the
next 1 July-

   (a)  the Protected Zone Joint Authority is not required to make a report on
        its activities in the period commencing on the relevant day and ending
        on the next 30 June; and

   (b)  the Protected Zone Joint Authority shall, in its report on its
        activities in the year ending on the 30 June next succeeding the 30
        June referred to in paragraph (a), include a report on its activities
        in the period referred to in paragraph (a).