Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00881:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018C00881
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3847–6611

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:
(a) boat;
(b) fish;
(c) Torres Strait Treaty;
(d) Treaty endorsement.
  In this instrument:
Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
Administration Act means the Fisheries Administration Act 1991
AFMA staff member means a member of staff assisting the CEO as described in section 68 of the Administration Act.
allocation day has the meaning given by the Management Plan.
boat means a boat licenced under the Act to operate in the TRL fishery.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority appointed under section 10B of the Administration Act.
diving equipment means a face mask and fins.
fishing season means the period commencing on 1 December and ending on 30 September in the following year.
Note: This definition does not, by implication or otherwise, affect the interpretation of the TIB Fishing Season in subsection 7(2).
hold, in respect of a licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act, includes where a person:
 (a) has been granted the licence; or
 (b) has been transferred (whether or not on a temporary basis) the licence under section 25 of the Act.
hookah gear means equipment to enable a person to breathe underwater where the air is supplied from either an air compressor or one or more air cylinders above the surface of the water, and includes equipment which may described as surface supplied breathing equipment or surface supplied breathing apparatus.
implement means a tool or utensil, including lobster scissors and forceps, but not including nets, explosives and poisons.
Management Plan means the management plan determined by the PZJA under section 15A of the Act in relation to the TRL fishery as may be in force from time to time.
officer means:
 (a) an AFMA staff member who is responsible for management of fisheries in the Torres Strait; or
 (b) a person appointed as an officer under subsection 83(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.
primary boat licence means a commercial fishing licence that:
 (a) authorises the use of an Australian boat for taking Tropical Rock Lobster in the TRL fishery; and
 (b) is not a commercial fishing licence that is described as a Torres Strait traditional inhabitant fishing boat licence; and
 (c) is not a tender boat licence.
purchased licences: see paragraph 4A(2)(a).
PZJA means the Protected Zone Joint Authority established under section 30 of the Act.
PZJA Arrangement means the Arrangement between the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland under section 31 of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
Regulations means the Torres Strait Fisheries Regulations 1985.
scoop net means a net not