Lands, Surveys and Environment Amendment Act 2015 (No. 45 of 2015)

2015 Lands, Surveys and Environment Amendment No. 45 SAMOA Arrangement of Provisions 1. Short title and commencement 2. Section 4 amended 3. Section 106 amended 4. Consequential amendments 2015, No. 45 AN ACT to amend the Lands, Surveys and Environment Act 1989 (“principal Act”). [05 th November 2015] BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows: 1. Short title and commencement-(1) This Act may be cited as the Lands, Surveys and Environment Amendment Act 2015. (2) This Act commences on the date of assent by the Head of State. 2. Section 4 amended - In section 4(2) of the principal Act, for paragraph (c) substitute: “(c) Assistant Chief Executive Officers; and”. 3. Section 106 amended-(1) In section 106 of the principal Act: (a) for subsection (1) substitute: 2 Lands, Surveys and Environment Amendment 2015, No. 45 “(1) The Chief Executive Officer may appoint officers or employees of the Ministry or other persons, as authorised officers for the purposes of this Act.”; and (b) after subsection (3) insert: “(3A) An enforcement officer of the Land Transport Authority appointed under the Road Traffic Ordinance 1960 is treated as an authorised officer under this Act subject to the powers specified by the Chief Executive Officer.”. 4. Consequential amendments - All references to “Conservation Officer” or “Conservation Officers” under the principal Act or any other enactment are amended and are to be read as references to “authorised officer” or “authorised officers”, as the case may be. The Lands, Surveys and Environment Amendment Act 2015 is administered by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Printed by the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, by authority of the Legislative Assembly.