9Application of Act to Protected Zone

#### 9 Application of Act to Protected Zone (1) This Act, other than this section and sections 84 and 108, does not apply to or in relation to the Protected Zone. (2) Where there is in force a Proclamation under subsection 15(1) or (2) of the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 in relation to an area adjacent to the Protected Zone, this Act, other than this section and sections 84 and 108, does not, except as provided by subsection (3), apply in relation to any activities within that area to which the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 applies by virtue of the Proclamation. (3) If the Proclamation came into force after the commencement of this section, this Act applies, in relation to matters that occurred after that commencement but before the Proclamation came into force, in relation to any activities within the area to which the Proclamation relates. (4) In this section: > Protected Zone has the same meaning as in the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.