4Definitions

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:

(a) boat;
(b) fish;
(c) Torres Strait Treaty;
(d) Treaty endorsement.

In this instrument:

Act means the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.

Administration Act means the Fisheries Administration Act 1991

AFMA staff member means a member of staff assisting the CEO as described in section 68 of the Administration Act.

allocation day has the meaning given by the Management Plan.

boat means a boat licenced under the Act to operate in the TRL fishery.

CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority appointed under section 10B of the Administration Act.

diving equipment means a face mask and fins.

fishing season means the period commencing on 1 December and ending on 30 September in the following year.

Note: This definition does not, by implication or otherwise, affect the interpretation of the TIB Fishing Season in subsection 7(2).

hold, in respect of a licence granted under subsections 19(2) or 19(3) of the Act, includes where a person:

(a) has been granted the licence; or
(b) has been transferred (whether or not on a temporary basis) the licence under section 25 of the Act.

hookah gear means equipment to enable a person to breathe underwater where the air is supplied from either an air compressor or one or more air cylinders above the surface of the water, and includes equipment which may described as surface supplied breathing equipment or surface supplied breathing apparatus.

implement means a tool or utensil, including lobster scissors and forceps, but not including nets, explosives and poisons.

Management Plan means the management plan determined by the PZJA under section 15A of the Act in relation to the TRL fishery as may be in force from time to time.

officer means:

(a) an AFMA staff member who is responsible for management of fisheries in the Torres Strait; or
(b) a person appointed as an officer under subsection 83(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991.