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Fisheries Management (Amendment) Act 2009

TONGA

Fisheries Management (Amendment) Act 2009

No. 20 of 2009

I assent,
GEORGE TUPOU V,
2nd March, 2010.

TO AMEND THE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT

[29th October, 2009].

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 Management (Amendment) Act 2009.

(2) The Fisheries Management Act 2002 shall be referred to in this Act, as the Principal Act.

2. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definitions in the appropriate places:

""National Biosafety Advisory Committee" means the National Biosafety Advisory Committee established under section 5 of the Biosafety Act;"; and
""living modified organism" has the same meaning as under the Biosafety Act;".

3. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following as section 65A:

"65A Fish which are living modified organisms
Any licence, permit, approval or authorisation given under this Act which relates to a fish which is a living modified organism shall be subject to any applicable provision of the Biosafety Act, and shall be in accordance with any condition, standard or requirement set or imposed by the National Biosafety Advisory Committee.".

Passed in the Legislative Assembly this 29 day of October 2009.