4Definitions

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) commercial fishing licence;
(b) Torres Strait Treaty;
(c) traditional fishing;
(d) traditional inhabitant.

In this instrument:

Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

allocation day means:

(a) if no application for review of a decision is made under section 21 within the period for making such an application—the day after the end of that period; or
(b) otherwise—the day after all such reviews are finally determined, or otherwise disposed of, by the Administrative Review Tribunal and, if an appeal in relation to the review is made to the Federal Court of Australia, by the Federal Court of Australia.

approved form means a form approved under section 29.

Authority means the Protected Zone Joint Authority established by section 30 of the Act.

catch history notice: see subsection 18(2).

catch verification policy means the document titled “Catch History Verification Policy for the Torres Strait Rock Lobster Fishery” published by the Authority in May 2016, as that document exists at the commencement of this instrument.

Note: The catch verification policy could in 2018 be viewed on the Authority’s website (http://www.pzja.gov.au).

final boat catch history: see subsection 20(2).

fishing season means the period specified in an instrument made under section 16 of the Act during which a person who holds a TRL fishing licence is permitted to take, process or carry tropical rock lobster.

objection period, in relation to a catch history notice, means the period mentioned in paragraph 19(2)(b).

PPSA security interest (short for Personal Property Securities Act security interest) means a security interest within the meaning of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 and to which that Act applies.

Note: The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 applies to certain security interests in personal property. See the following provisions of that Act:

(a) section 8 (interests to which the Act does not apply);
(b) section 12 (meaning of security interest).