Green Turtles Protection (Amendment) Regulations, 1977 (S.I. No. 51 of 1977)

S. I. No. 51 of 1977. THE TURTLES ACT (Chapter 141) The Green Turtles Protection (Amendment) Regulations, 1977. In exercise of the powers conferred by '>ection 11 of the Turtles Act, the Minister hereby makes the following Regulations: I. These Regulations. may be cited as the Green Turtles Protection (Amendment) Regulations, 19: 7. 2. Regulation 2 of the Green. Turtles Protection Regu· lations, 1976 is amended as follows: (a) ,tJy ~nsertion immediately above "closed seas.on" of the foll<?wing : - . " "Butcher's Licence" means a- butcher's licence issued under the Li'cences Act, Chapter 106"; (b) by the insertion between "open sea.son" and "sale" of the following : " "Outlying Islands" means those islands set out in the First Schedule to the Outlying Islands (Employment of Servants) Act, Chapter 176" ; (c) by the insertion, after "turtle" of the following : " "turtle meat" means any edible part of a slaughtered turtle (including livers, heads, flip pers, hearts or kidneys) whether fresh, chilled, frozen or salted.". 3. Regulation 6 of the Green Turtles Protection RegU,. lations 1976 is revoked and the following regulation sub stitute, l therefor : "Prohibition on the slaughter of turtles and the sale, possession of turtle meat. 6.-0) It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) slaughter any turtle; or (b) sell, offer for sale or expose for sale any turtle meat ; or (c) have in his possession more than two kilograms of turtle meat ; Citation. Amendmen of Regula tion 2 of the Green Turtles Protection Regulations (S. I. No. 43 ofl976). Revocation and replacemeil of Regula• tion 6 of . the Green Turtles Protection Regulationi (S. I. No. 4: of 1976). ' unless he is in possession of either a valid Butcher's Licence or written authority from the Minister. (2) No person shall sell to any other per son, at any one time, more than two kilo grams of turtle meat. (3) No person on an Outlying Island shall have in his possession more than two kilo grams of any edible part of a slaughtered turtle which has been preserved by salting. (4) Subregulations (1) and (2) of this Regu lation shall not apply to the Outlying Islands." MADE by the Minister on the fifteenth day of July, 1977. J. D. M. FERRARI, Minister.