Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00644:section:16:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00644
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 49680–52202

16  Regulation of fishing
 (1) Subject to this section, the Minister may, by legislative instrument:
 (a) prohibit the taking, processing or carrying of fish, or fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument; or
 (b) prohibit the taking, processing or carrying of fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument that:
 (i) are less than a size or weight specified in the instrument; or
 (ii) have a dimension less than a dimension specified in the instrument; or
 (iii) have a part with a dimension or weight less than a dimension or weight specified in the instrument in relation to that part; or
 (iv) are greater than a size or weight specified in the instrument; or
 (v) have a dimension greater than a dimension specified in the instrument; or
 (vi) have a part with a dimension or weight greater than a dimension or weight specified in the instrument in relation to that part; or
 (c) prohibit the taking, processing or carrying of fish, or fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument, by a method, or with the use of equipment or a boat, of a kind specified in the instrument; or
 (d) prohibit the taking, processing, carrying or storage, in the course of community fishing, of fish, or fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument, with the use of equipment, a boat or land facilities owned by, or under the control of, persons other than persons who are included in a class of persons specified in the instrument; or
 (e) prohibit the taking, processing or carrying, in the course of commercial fishing, of fish, or fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument, with the use of an Australian boat, a Papua New Guinea boat or foreign boat; or
 (f) prohibit a person from using or having in his or her possession or under his or her control, on a boat, a quantity of equipment, in the course of commercial fishing, of a specified kind that is in excess of a quantity specified in, or ascertainable as provided by, the instrument; or
 (g) prohibit a person from using, or having in his or her possession or under his or her control on a boat, in the course of commercial fishing, equipment of a kind specified in an instrument in force under paragraph (f) unless that equipment is registered, or there is a licence in force in respect of that equipment, under the law of Queensland or of Papua New Guinea; or
 (ga) prohibit the taking, processing or carrying of fish, or fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument, in the