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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984
sec.61Right of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples to particular natural resources
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### sec.61 Right of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples to particular natural resources
Subject to the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 and to sections 62 and 93 of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 , but despite the provisions of any other Act, a member of a community of Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islander peoples resident in a community government or IRC area shall not be liable to prosecution as for an offence for taking marine products or fauna by traditional means for consumption by members of the community.
Subsection (1) shall not be construed to authorise the sale or other disposal for gain of any marine product or fauna taken by traditional means.
s 61 prev s 61 ins 2002 No. 46 s 8
om 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1
pres s 61 sub 1986 No. 43 s 17
amd 1991 No. 76 s 19 ; 1992 No. 20 s 159 sch 2 (amd 1994 No. 42 s 2 sch ); 1999 No. 53 s 35 sch ; 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 ; 2007 No. 59 s 39 ; 2012 No. 23 s 3 ; 2023 No. 12 s 107
(sec.61-ssec.1) Subject to the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 and to sections 62 and 93 of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 , but despite the provisions of any other Act, a member of a community of Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islander peoples resident in a community government or IRC area shall not be liable to prosecution as for an offence for taking marine products or fauna by traditional means for consumption by members of the community.
(sec.61-ssec.2) Subsection (1) shall not be construed to authorise the sale or other disposal for gain of any marine product or fauna taken by traditional means.