Application of Act to pearl oyster fishery if, under arrangement, State law applies
44 Application of Act to pearl oyster fishery if, under arrangement, State law applies
Where there is in force an arrangement that provides that a particular pearl oyster fishery is to be managed in accordance with the law of the State, the provisions of this Act apply to and in relation to the pearl oyster fishery, except that those provisions do not apply to or in relation to the pearl oyster fishery in respect of foreign boats in the Australian fishing zone or operations on or from foreign boats, or persons on foreign boats, in the Australian fishing zone or in relation to matters that occurred in or in relation to the Australian fishing zone before that arrangement took effect.
[Section 44 amended: No. 23 of 1994 s. 5.]
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