Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts66. Functions and powers, &c., of Joint Authority
(1) Where, in respect of a fishery, there is in force an arrangement under which a Joint Authority has the management of the fishery and that fishery is to be managed in accordance with the law of the Territory, the Joint Authority has the function of keeping constantly under consideration the condition of the fishery, formulating policies and plans for the good management of the fishery and, for the purposes of the management of the fishery, exercising the powers conferred on it by this Act and co-operating and consulting with the other authorities, including other Joint Authorities within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act, in matters of common concern.
(2) A Joint Authority has the following objectives in the performance of its functions under subsection (1):
(a) ensuring, through proper conservation, preservation and fisheries management measures, that the living resources of the waters to which the Act applies are not endangered or over-exploited;
(b) achieving the optimum utilization and equitable distribution of those resources.