14AExemptions pursuant to Torres Strait Treaty

#### 14A Exemptions pursuant to Torres Strait Treaty (1) Without limiting the power of the Governor‑General to grant exemptions under section 14, the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, exempt, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the notice, from all of the provisions of this Act, the regulations or a Proclamation under this Act or from so many of those provisions as are specified in the notice: (a) any Protected Zone vessel that enters a part of Australia that is in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone, being a vessel: (i) on board which there is at least one traditional inhabitant who is entering that part of Australia in connection with the performance of traditional activities in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone; and (ii) no person on board which is a person other than: (A) a person referred to in subparagraph (i); or (B) an employee of the Commonwealth, of Queensland or of Papua New Guinea or of an authority of the Commonwealth, of Queensland or of Papua New Guinea who is entering that part of Australia in connection with the performance of his or her duties; (b) persons on board a vessel of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); or (c) goods on board a vessel of the kind referred to in paragraph (a), being goods that: (i) are owned by, or are under the control of, a traditional inhabitant who is on board that vessel and have been used, are being used or are intended to be used by him or her in connection with the performance of traditional activities in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone; or (ii) are the personal belongings of a person referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii). (2) An exemption granted under subsection (1) has effect only while the vessels, persons or goods in respect of which the exemption was granted remain in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone.