Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 NO. 23 OF 1984 - SECT. 5.

5. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), nothing in this Act affects any activities
by way of fishing within the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland.

(2) Where there is in force an arrangement under Part V that provides that a
particular fishery, being a fishery that is so defined that it is or may be
carried on wholly or partly within the Protected Zone coastal waters of
Queensland, is to be managed in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth,
this Act applies to and in relation to those waters to the extent necessary
for the purposes of the management of that fishery.

(3) Where there is in force a Proclamation under sub-section 15 (1) in
relation to an area (in this sub-section referred to as the ''relevant area'')
in relation to a class of activities by way of commercial fishing, this Act
does not apply in relation to any activities carried on in the relevant area
other than-

   (a)  activities included in the class of activities specified in the
        Proclamation; or

   (b)  if there is in force a Proclamation under sub-section 15 (2) in
        relation to an area, being an area that is the same as, or that is
        part of or includes part of, the relevant area-activities to which
        this Act applies by virtue of the last-mentioned Proclamation.

(4) Where there is in force a Proclamation under sub-section 15 (2) in
relation to an area (in this sub-section referred to as the ''relevant
area''), this Act does not apply in relation to any activities carried on in
the relevant area other than-

   (a)  activities by way of traditional fishing; or

   (b)  if there is in force a Proclamation under sub-section 15 (1) in
        relation to an area, being an area that is the same as, or that is
        part of or includes part of, the relevant area-activities to which
        this Act applies by virtue of the last-mentioned Proclamation.