Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00644:section:31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00644
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31
Character Range: 86093–87668

31  Arrangements with Queensland
 (1) Subject to this section, the Commonwealth may make an arrangement with Queensland that the Protected Zone Joint Authority is to have the management of a particular fishery in waters adjacent to Queensland.
 (2) An arrangement under subsection (1) shall provide either that:
 (a) the fishery (being a fishery wholly or partly in the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland) is to be managed in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) the fishery (being a fishery wholly or partly in waters on the seaward side of the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland) is to be managed in accordance with the law of Queensland.
 (3) Subject to this section, the Commonwealth may make an arrangement with Queensland with respect to a particular fishery in waters adjacent to Queensland, not being a fishery to which an arrangement under subsection (1) applies:
 (a) that the fishery (being a fishery wholly or partly in the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland) is to be managed by the Commonwealth in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) that the fishery (being a fishery wholly or partly in waters on the seaward side of the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland) is to be managed by Queensland in accordance with the law of Queensland.
 (4) An arrangement made under this section in relation to fishing for sedentary organisms has no effect in waters (other than the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland) that are to the north of the line described in Annex 5 of the Torres Strait Treaty.