TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 - SECT 17 Licences may be required for taking fish in the course of community fishing
TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 - SECT 17
Licences may be required for taking fish in the course of community fishing(1AA) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare that a person must hold a master fisherman's licence if:
(a) the person is in charge of a boat, or of a boat included in a class of boats specified in the instrument; and
(b) the boat is being used for the purpose of the taking, in the course of community fishing, of fish, or fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument, from any area of Australian jurisdiction or from an area of Australian jurisdiction specified in the instrument.
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare that a licence under subsection 19(2) is required for the purpose of the taking, in the course of community fishing, of fish, or fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument, with the use of any boat or with the use of a boat included in a class of boats specified in the instrument, from any area of Australian jurisdiction or from an area of Australian jurisdiction specified in the instrument.
(1A) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare that a licence under subsection 19(4A) is required for the purpose of the taking, in the course of community fishing without the use of a boat, of fish, or fish included in a class of fish specified in the instrument, from any area of Australian jurisdiction or from an area of Australian jurisdiction specified in the instrument.
(2) An instrument made under this section comes into force on the day specified for the purpose in the instrument, being a day not earlier than one month after the making of the instrument.
(3) The Minister shall cause the contents of an instrument made
under this section to be published or broadcast in such manner as is
prescribed.