Fisheries Amendment Regulations 1998 (B.R. No. 5 of 1998)

FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1997 1 BR 5/1998 FISHERIES ACT 1972 1972 : 76 FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1998 The Minister in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 13 of the Fisheries Act 1972 makes the following Regulations: Citation 1 These Regulations which amend the Fisheries Regulations 1972 ("the principal Regulations") may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Regulations 1998. Amendment of regulation 4 2 Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended— (a) by renumbering paragraph (3) as paragraph (6); (b) by inserting next after paragraph (2) the following— " (3) When the Minister issues a licence under paragraph (1), he shall also issue to the owner a coloured decal in such form as the Minister may determine indicating that the fishing vessel is licensed for the current year. (4) When the fishing vessel is in use, the owner shall exhibit the coloured decal referred to in paragraph (3) upon the fishing vessel in respect of which it was issued in such manner and in such position as the Minister may direct by notice published in the Gazette. FISHERIES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1997 2 (5) An owner who fails to comply with paragraph (4) commits an offence against these Regulations.". Amendment of regulation 13 3 (1) Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting next after paragraph (2) the following— " (2A) Any fisherman who— (a) is not licensed to take lobsters under these Regulations; and (b) sells any live lobster, commits an offence against these Regulations.". Amendment of regulation 23 4 Regulation 23 of the principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (1)— (a) in sub-paragraph (b) by inserting after the word "used" the words "or possessed"; (b) by deleting the full stop at the end thereof and substituting "; or" and adding the following subparagraph— "(d) to require the operator of a vessel to stop the vessel.". Commencement 5 These Regulations come into operation on such day as the Minister responsible for Agriculture and Fisheries may appoint by notice published in the Gazette.