Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00644:section:20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00644
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 20
Character Range: 64601–66202

20  Endorsements of licences
 (1) Where, pursuant to Article 26 of the Torres Strait Treaty, the Papua New Guinea Minister nominates a boat in respect of which a Papua New Guinea licence is in force as being a boat in respect of which an endorsement should be made under this subsection, the Minister may, in his or her discretion, endorse the licence so as to authorise the use of the boat for:
 (a) taking fish in the course of commercial fishing in areas of Australian jurisdiction and carrying, or processing and carrying, in areas of Australian jurisdiction, fish that have been taken with the use of the licensed boat; or
 (b) carrying, or processing and carrying, in areas of Australian jurisdiction, fish that have been taken with the use of another boat.
 (2) An endorsement of a Papua New Guinea licence made under this section comes into force on the day on which the endorsement is made and remains in force until the endorsement is revoked or until the Papua New Guinea licence ceases to be in force, whichever first occurs.
 (3) The Minister may, in his or her discretion, by notice in writing served on the holder of a licence in respect of which a Treaty endorsement is in force, revoke the endorsement.
 (4) The Minister may, in his or her discretion, upon application being made in accordance with the appropriate form by the holder of a licence in force under section 19 in respect of a boat, nominate, by writing given to the Papua New Guinea Minister, the boat as being a boat in respect of which an endorsement should be made pursuant to Article 26 of the Torres Strait Treaty.