2Interpretation

2 Interpretation

(1) In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

1 year licence means a licence the specified expiry date of which is in the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which the licence comes into force.

5 year licence means a licence other than a 1 year licence.

licensing authority means the Minister or the Protected Zone Joint Authority and includes, in relation to the exercise of a power or the performance of a function that has been delegated by the Minister or the Protected Zone Joint Authority to a person under subsection 9(1) or subsection 38(1) of the Act, as the case may be, that person.

Protected Zone Joint Authority has the same meaning as in Part V of the Act.

the Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

(2) The origin of geographical coordinates used in these regulations is the Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66).