Terms used
3 Terms used
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
Account means the Fisheries Adjustment Schemes Trust Account kept at the Treasury under section 5;
affected person, in relation to a compulsory fisheries adjustment scheme, means a person who holds —
an authorisation that is to be cancelled; or
an entitlement that is to be reduced,
under that scheme;
chairman means the chairman of a committee;
committee means a committee of management established under section 11;
Compensation Act means the Fishing and Related Industries Compensation (Marine Reserves) Act 1997;
compulsory fisheries adjustment scheme means a scheme established under section 14B;
eligible person, in relation to a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme, means a person who is entitled to offer the surrender of —
an authorisation; or
part of an entitlement,
under that scheme;
fisheries adjustment scheme means —
a compulsory fisheries adjustment scheme; or
a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme;
Fisheries Research and Development Account means the Fisheries Research and Development Account referred to in the Fish Resources Management Act 1994;
member, in relation to a committee, means a member of the committee;
Recreational Fishing Account means the Recreational Fishing Account referred to in the Fish Resources Management Act 1994;
voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme means a scheme established under section 10B.
Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this Act has the same meaning as in the Fish Resources Management Act 1994.
In this Act, a reference to reducing the size of any fishery or fisheries includes a reference to —
reducing the number of persons fishing in the fishery or fisheries; or
reducing the number of boats used for fishing in the fishery or fisheries; or
reducing the amount of fishing gear used for fishing in the fishery or fisheries; or
reducing the quantity of fish taken from the fishery or fisheries; or
reducing the period of time during which fishing is engaged in within the fishery or fisheries; or
reducing the area in which fishing is engaged in within the fishery or fisheries.
In subsection (3) —
reducing, in relation to a number, amount or quantity, includes reducing the number, amount or quantity to zero.
[Section 3 amended: No. 54 of 1994 s. 6; No. 39 of 1997 s. 14; No. 55 of 2004 s. 395; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 69(1); No. 38 of 2009 s. 4.]
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