Marine Living Resources Amendment Act

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA MARINE LIVING RESOURCES AMENDMENT ACT REPUBLIEK VAN SUID-AFRIKA WYSIGINGSWET OP LEWENDE MARIENE HULPBRONNE No , 2000 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. ACT To amend the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998, so as to permit the extension of certain rights to undertake commercial or subsistence fishing, engage in mariculture or operate a fish-processing establishment; and to provide for matters connected therewith. BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, asfollows:— Amendment of section 18 of Act 18 of 1998 1. Section 18 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998, is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (6) of the following subsection: ‘‘(6A) (a) If the Minister has granted a right contemplated in subsection (6) to a person for a period not exceeding three years, the Minister may once only, at the expiration of such period, extend the period of validity of the right for a further period not exceeding two years on such terms and conditions as he or she may impose. (b) The Minister may extend the period of validity of the right in whole or in part, but must have regard to any change in the total allowable catch, the total applied effort determined in terms of section 14 or to both such change and effort.’’. Short title 2. This Act is called the Marine Living Resources Amendment Act, 2000, and must be deemed to have taken effect on 30 May 2000. 5 10 15