Torres Strait Fisheries Amendment (Finfish) Management Instrument 2022
The Protected Zone Joint Authority, acting in accordance with the powers conferred on the Authority by paragraph 35(1)(a) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following instrument under section 16, and in accordance with section 40 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
Dated 16 March 2022
Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam
Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries
Assistant Minister for Industry Development
Chair, Protected Zone Joint Authority
1 Name
This instrument is the Torres Strait Fisheries Amendment (Finfish) Management Instrument 2022.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | 1 May 2022 | 1 May 2022 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Torres Strait Fisheries (Finfish) Management Instrument 2020
1 Section 4 (definition of licensed person)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
licensed person means a person who has been granted a licence under subsection 19(2), 19(3) or 19(4A) of the Act, or transferred such a licence under section 25 of the Act, that authorises the taking, processing or carrying of fish.
2 Section 15 (Prohibition – permanent closures)
Repeal the section, substitute:
Pursuant to paragraph 16(1)(a) of the Act, the taking of finfish is prohibited by line fishing methods in the area of the finfish fishery commencing south of Latitude 09°34’ 31” S and west of Longitude 142°31'49" E.
Note: This prohibition does not apply to traditional inhabitants engaged in traditional fishing due to application of the PZJA Arrangement.