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PrOCLAMATION

commonwealth of   By His Excellency the
Australia         Governor-General of
N. M. STEPHEN     the Commonwealth of
Governor-General  Australia

Whereas it is provided by sub-section 15 (1) of the Torres
Strait Fisheries Act 1984 that the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare an area of waters specified in the Proc-
lamation that is adjacent to the Protected Zone and to the
south of the line described in Annex 5 to the Torres Strait
Treaty to be an area outside but near the Protected Zone for
the purposes of the performance, in the course of commercial
fishing, of any activity that is included in a class of activities by
way of commercial fishing specified in the Proclamation:
 and whereas it is provided by sub-section 15 (3) of
that Act that the Governor-General shall not make a Procla-
mation under sub-section 15 (1) in relation to an area that is
wholly or partly within the coastal waters of Queensland un-
less the Governor-General is satisfied that the Minister and
the Queensland Minister have agreed that the Proclamation
be made in relation to that area:
 AND WHEREAS i am satisfied that the Minister and the Queensland Minister have agreed that this Proclamation be
made under sub-section 15 (1) in relation to the areas of
waters specified below:
 NOW THEREFORE I, SIR NINIAN MARTIN
STEPHEN, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of
Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, in pursuance of sub-section 15 (1) of the Torres
Strait Fisheries Act 1984, hereby –
    (a) declare the area of waters specified in Schedule 1 to be
   an area outside but near the Protected Zone for the
   purposes of the performance, in the course of commer-
   cial fishing, of any activity that is included in the class
   of activities that constitute commercial fishing for
   prawns;
    (b) declare the area of waters specified in Schedule 2 to be
   an area outside but near the Protected Zone for the
   purposes of the performance, in the course of commer-
   cial fishing, of any activity that is included in the class
   of activities that constitute commercial fishing for
   tropical rock lobster;
    (c) declare the area of waters specified in Schedule 3 to be
   an area outside but near the Protected Zone for the
   purposes of the performance, in the course of commer-
   cial fishing, of any activity that is included in the class
   of activities that constitute commercial fishing for
   Spanish mackerel;
    (d) declare the area of waters specified in Schedule 4 to be
   an area outside but near the Protected Zone for the
   purposes of the performance, in the course of commer-
   cial fishing, of any activity that is included in the class
   of activities that constitute commercial