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the point of Latitude 26° 26' 36" South, Longitude 163° 43' 27" East;
(43) thence north-easterly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 26° 13' 33" South, Longitude 165° 40' East;
(44) thence south along the meridian of Longitude 165° 40' East, to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 26° 59' 05" South;
(45) thence south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 27° 48' South, Longitude 154° 22' East;
(46) thence south-westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 27° 58' South, Longitude 154° East;

(47) thence south-westerly along the geodesic between the last-mentioned point and the trigonometrical station known as Point Danger near Point Danger to its intersection by the coastline at mean low water; and
(48) thence along the coastline of the State of Queensland at mean low water to the point of commencement.".

PART IX—AMENDMENTS OF THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908

Principal Act
25. The Quarantine Act 19088 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Interpretation
26. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting after the definition of "Animal" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
         "'Area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone' means an area in respect of which a notice is in force under sub-section (8);";
     (b) by inserting after the definition of "Pratique" in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
         "'Protected Zone' means the zone established under Article 10 of the Torres Strait Treaty, being the area bounded by the line described in Annex 9 to that treaty;
         "'Protected Zone vessel' means a vessel of a kind used in navigation by sea that is owned or operated by a traditional inhabitant;";
     (c) by inserting after the definition of "Quarantine Officer" in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
         "'Torres Strait Treaty' means the Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea that was signed at Sydney on 18 December 1978;
         "'Traditional activities' has the same meaning as in the Torres Strait Treaty;
         "'Traditional inhabitants' has the same meaning as in the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984;"; and
     (d) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
    "(8) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare an area adjacent to the Protected Zone to be an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone for the purposes of this Act.
    "(9) A vessel that enters a part of Australia that is in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone shall not be taken to be a Protected Zone vessel if the vessel had, at any time during the period of 3 months ending on the day on which the vessel so entered Australia, voyaged