Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 16 of 2014)

Act 16 of 2014 C T WASTE MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014 Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2014 Arrangement of Sections to Act 16 of 2014 Page 3 C T WASTE MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014 Arrangement of Sections Section 1 Short Title .............................................................................................................. 5 2 Section 2 amended ................................................................................................. 5 3 Reference to Department replaced ......................................................................... 6 Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2014 Section 1 to Act 16 of 2014 Page 5 C T WASTE MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014 Act 16 of 2014 AN ACT TO AMEND THE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 I assent, TUPOU VI, 16 th October 2014. BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 1 Short Title (1) This Act may be cited as the Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2014. (2) In this Act, the Waste Management Act 2005 as amended, shall be referred to as the Principal Act. 2 Section 2 amended Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended (a) by appealing the word and definition of “Department” and replacing it with the following “”Ministry” means the Ministry responsible for the environment;”; and (b) in the definition of Minister by deleting the words “Minister of Environment” and replacing them with “Minister responsible for the environment”. Section 3 Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2014 Page 6 Act 16 of 2014 to 3 Reference to Department replaced The Principal Act is amended in the English version only by repealing the word “Department” wherever appearing and replacing them with “Ministry”. Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 28th day of July 2014.