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Niue Fish Protection Amendment Act 1992

[Niue Laws 1990 – 1996]


NIUE


NIUE FISH PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT 1992


NO. 160


ANALYSIS


Title
1. Short Title and commencement
2. Use of explosives, firearms, poison or underwater breathing apparatus prohibited


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An Act to amend the Niue Fish Protection Act 1965


1. Short Title and commencement - (1) This Act may be cited as the Niue Fish Protection Amendment Act 1992, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Niue Fish Protection Act 1965 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act").


(2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th day of October 1991.


2. Use of explosives, firearms, poison or underwater breathing apparatus prohibited - (1) Section 5 of the principal Act is amended, by adding to paragraph (d) of subsection (1), the following proviso -


"Provided that Cabinet may permit the use of underwater breathing apparatus, subject to such terms conditions and restrictions as Cabinet may impose, for the purpose of conducting scientific research for the purpose of gathering data to assist in the conservation or management of Niue's fishery resource."


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This Act is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.


THIS ACT was passed by the Niue Assembly on the 2nd day of March 1992.


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