Regulations may provide for placement of observers on foreign fishing boats operating outside the AFZ
8A Regulations may provide for placement of observers on foreign fishing boats operating outside the AFZ
The regulations may:
provide for the placement of persons as observers on board foreign fishing boats that will be, or are, operating outside the AFZ; and
set out the functions, powers and duties of persons so placed.
Without otherwise limiting the generality of subsection (1):
a person may be so placed only if the placement is authorised under a regional arrangement, or a bilateral or multilateral treaty, to which Australia, or a body acting on behalf of Australia, is a party; and
the functions, powers and duties conferred or imposed on persons so placed must be consistent with the terms of that arrangement or treaty.
In this section:
foreign fishing boat means a foreign boat that is equipped for fishing.
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