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TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 - SECT 34

Functions of Joint Authority under this Act

    Where there is in force an arrangement under this Part under which the Protected Zone Joint Authority has the management of a fishery and the fishery is to be managed in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth, the Protected Zone Joint Authority has the functions of:

  (a)   keeping constantly under consideration the condition of the fishery;

  (b)   formulating policies and plans for the good management of the fishery; and

  (c)   for the purposes of the management of the fishery:

  (i)   exercising the powers conferred on it by this Part; and

  (ii)   co - operating and consulting with other authorities (including Joint Authorities established under the Fisheries Act 1952 or the Fisheries Management Act 1991 ) in matters of common concern.



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