Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive is, on behalf of the State, responsible under this Act for—
(a) the management, use, development and protection of aquaculture, marine plants, fish habitats and, coral limestone and fisheries resources generally; and
(b) the management, control and, if possible, elimination of diseased fisheries resources; and
(c) fish ways.
(2) The other functions of the chief executive are—
(a) to ensure the fair division of access to fisheries resources for commercial, recreational and indigenous use; and
(b) to supervise and control the way, extent and conditions of producing, harvesting, treating, transporting and selling of fisheries resources for use in the State or elsewhere; and
(c) to ensure that economic efficiency is properly taken into account in developing management arrangements for fisheries resources; and
(d) the establishment and management of the shark control program in circumstances where the chief executive considers the program is necessary or desirable; and
(e) to conduct or support fisheries research and development; and
(f) to supply or support fisheries educational programs and codes of practice for fisheries management; and
(g) to examine, and advise the Minister on, issues affecting fisheries resources and fish habitats; and
(h) to examine, and advise the Minister on, the administration of this Act, and to make any recommendations the chief executive considers appropriate; and
(i) to ensure a function or power conferred, under this Act, on an entity is performed or exercised in a way that is consistent with the objectives of this Act; and
(j) to perform other functions given to the chief executive under an Act.
(3) The shark control program may be established or maintained despite the main purpose of this Act under section 3(1).
(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that it is not a function of the chief executive to establish or manage the shark control program other than to the extent mentioned in subsection (2)(d).
(5) This Act does not limit the functions and powers of the chief executive under other laws.