Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 - SECT 4

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland are:

                     (a)  the parts of the territorial sea of Australia that are adjacent to Queensland and are:

                              (i)  in the Protected Zone; or

                             (ii)  in an area in respect of which a Proclamation is in force under subsection 15(1) or (2);

                            other than any part referred to in subsection (2) of this section; and

                     (b)  any marine or tidal waters that are on the landward side of any part of the territorial sea of Australia referred to in paragraph (a) but are not within the limits of Queensland.

             (2)  If at any time the breadth of the territorial sea of Australia is determined or declared to be greater than 3 nautical miles, the Protected Zone coastal waters of Queensland do not include, for the purposes of this Act, any part of the territorial sea of Australia that would not be within the limits of that territorial sea if the breadth of that territorial sea had continued to be 3 nautical miles.