Fisheries Act 1994

This section applies to a Joint Authority fishery managed under Queensland law.

An authority authorises something to be done in or to the fishery only if it is issued under this section.

The Joint Authority for the fishery has, to the exclusion of the chief executive, all the chief executive’s functions and powers for the fishery.

This Act and other laws apply to the Joint Authority as if, for the fishery, it were the chief executive.

On the fishery becoming a Joint Authority fishery, but subject to any regulation made under this part, all regulations, declarations and authorities applying to the fishery stop applying to the fishery.

An authority issued by the Joint Authority must contain a condition limiting it to fisheries managed by the Joint Authority.

The Joint Authority may endorse an authority (including an authority issued by the Joint Authority or another Joint Authority within the meaning of the Commonwealth Fisheries Act) to extend its operation to activities over which the Joint Authority has powers under this Act.

If the endorsement mentioned in subsection (7) is made—

the endorsement ends if the authority ends; and

the Joint Authority may suspend or cancel the endorsement under this Act as if it were an authority issued by it.

This section does not allow the Joint Authority to issue, or take other action about, an authority for a foreign boat.