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INSTRUMENT REGULATING FISHING

Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984
Section 16
Torres Strait Prawn Fishery

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENT NO. 10

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, of the Minister's powers under section 16 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, makes the following Instrument.

Dated:    22    November 2015

Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
on behalf of the Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority

Citation
  1. This Instrument may be cited as the Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No. 10.

Commencement

   2. This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Cessation

   3. This Instrument is repealed on 31 December 2025 unless earlier revoked.

Revocation

   4. This Instrument repeals the Torres Strait Fisheries Management Instrument No. 1 from the date of commencement of this Instrument.

Interpretation

   5.1 In this Instrument, unless the contrary intention appears "the Act" means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, and:

   5.2 Terms used but not defined in this Instrument have the same meaning as in the Act and the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985; and

   5.3 "area of the fishery" means the area described in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009, excluding the area described in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Plan.

    "fishery" means the TSPF as described in the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2009.

"local time" means the time of day in the state of Queensland.

   "prawns" means Metapenaeus endeavouri (blue endeavour prawn), Penaeus esculentus (brown tiger prawn) and Melicertus longistylus (red spot king prawn).

 "transit zone" means the area described in Schedule 1.

   "Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan" means the plan of management for the fishery as made by the PZJA under s 15A of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984, currently registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments under s 24 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

   "treaty endorsement" means the Treaty endorsement as defined under the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery Management Plan.

Description of transit zone and anchorage zones

   6.1 The position of a geographical coordinate in the description of the area of the transit zone in Schedule 1 is to be determined by reference to the Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66).

   6.2 The position of a geographical coordinate in the description of the area of the anchorage zones in Schedule 3 is to be determined by reference to the World Geodetic Datum 1984 (WGS84).

   6.3 For convenience in the use of navigational aids, the area of the transit zone