TONGA

WASTE MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
Act 16 of 2014

Arrangement of Sections 
Section 
1 Short Title 
2 Section 2 amended 
3 Reference to Department replaced

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 2005

I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 
16th October 2014. 

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

1 Short Title 

(1) This Act may be cited as the Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2014. 

(2) In this Act, the Waste Management Act 2005 as amended, shall be referred to as the Principal Act. 

2 Section 2 amended 

Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended – 

(a) by appealing the word and definition of "Department" and replacing it with the following – 

""Ministry" means the Ministry responsible for the environment;"; and 

(b) in the definition of Minister by deleting the words "Minister of Environment" and replacing them with "Minister responsible for the environment". 

3 Reference to Department replaced 

The Principal Act is amended in the English version only by repealing the word "Department" wherever appearing and replacing them with "Ministry". 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 28th day of July 2014.