FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 138
Presumption about certain statements in arrangements
FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 138
Presumption about certain statements in arrangements
138 Presumption about certain statements in arrangements
(1) A statement in a Commonwealth–State arrangement must be presumed to be
correct if it is to the effect that—
(a) for an arrangement to which the
Commonwealth and Queensland are the only parties—stated waters are waters
relevant to Queensland; and
(b) in any other case—stated waters are waters
adjacent to the States that are parties to the arrangement or are waters
relevant to a stated State or States.
(2) A word or expression used in
subsection (1) and the Commonwealth Fisheries Acthas the same meaning in
subsection (1) as it has in the Commonwealth Fisheries Act.