Fisheries Amendment Act 2008 (No. 29 of 2008)

FISHERIES AMENDMENT ACT 2008 BERMUDA 2008 : 29 FISHERIES AMENDMENT ACT 2008 Date of Assent: 21 July 2008 Operative Date: 21 July 2008 WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Fisheries Act 1972: Be it enacted by The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Assembly of Bermuda, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Act 2008. Amends section 13 2 Section 13(3) of the principal Act is amended by deleting “five” and “one year” and substituting “twenty-five” and “two years”, respectively. Repeals 3 (1) Sections 2(b) and 12 of the Fisheries Amendment Act 2006 are repealed. (2) For greater certainty, the amendments made by sections 2 and 7 of the Fisheries Amendment Act 2007 in respect of the definitions for “commercial fishing vessel licence” and “recreational fishing licence” shall have no legal effect and any reference to the said definitions shall be read as a reference to a “licence” issued by the Minister. 1