TONGA

FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993
No. 19 of 1993.

I assent,
TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
3rd January 1994.

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE FISHERIES ACT 1989
[27th October, 1993]

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1993.

(2) The Fisheries Act 1989 is referred to in this Act as the Principal Act.

2. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended-

(i) by deleting the word "Director" and its definition;

(ii) by deleting the words "Director of Agriculture from the definition of "fisheries officer" and by substituting therefor the words "Secretary for Fisheries;"

(iii) by deleting the words "Principal Fisheries Officer" from the definition of "Registrar" and by substituting therefor the words "Secretary for Fisheries";

(iv) by inserting the following word and definition: "Secretary means the Secretary for Fisheries";

(v) by deleting the word "Director" from the definition of "test fishing operations" and by substituting therefor the word "Secretary".

3. Section 3, 26 and 60 of the Principal Act are amended by deleting the word "Director" wherever it appears and by substituting therefor the word "Secretary".

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 27th day of October, 1993.

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