Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00591:section:4:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00591
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 5/8)
Character Range: 35082–37908

a foreign fishing licence granted under section 34.
foreign master fishing licence means a foreign master fishing licence granted under section 40.
highly migratory fish stock has the same meaning as in the Fish Stocks Agreement.
high seas means the waters that are:
 (a) outside the outer limits of the exclusive economic zones of all countries, including Australia and its external Territories; or
 (b) inside the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone adjacent to the coast of the Australian Antarctic Territory.
holder of a licence, permit or right:
 (a) means:
 (i) the person to whom the licence, permit or right was granted; or
 (ii) if the permit or right has been transferred—the person to whom the permit or right was last transferred; and
 (b) in the case of a statutory fishing right that is leased to another person by a lease registered under section 46—includes the lessee of the statutory fishing right.
international conservation and management measure means a measure to conserve and manage one or more species of living marine resources that is adopted and applied, in accordance with the relevant rules of international law as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea:
 (a) by a global, regional or subregional fisheries organisation; or
 (b) by treaty or other international agreement.
Note: The English text of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 31.
international fisheries management measure means a measure prescribed by the regulations to give effect to a measure established by an international fisheries management organisation.
international fisheries management organisation means a global, regional or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement prescribed by the regulations.
international officer has the meaning given by section 84B.
Joint Authority means an authority established by or under section 61.
law enforcement agency means a government body that has responsibility for the enforcement of the laws of:
 (a) the Commonwealth; or
 (b) a State or Territory.
lease, of a fishing right, means a temporary assignment of the fishing right.
magistrate includes a justice of the peace or other person employed in a court of a State or Territory who is authorised to issue search warrants.
managed fishery means a fishery to which a plan of management relates.
master, in relation to a boat, means the master or other person in charge of the boat.
member, in relation to the Panel, means a member of the Panel.
Ministerial Council means a body (however described) that consists of the Minister of the Commonwealth, and the Minister of each State and Territory, who is responsible, or principally responsible, for matters relating to fisheries.
modification includes addition, omission and