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Fisheries Amendment Act 1981

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Increase in membership of Fisheries Licensing Authority

Fisheries Amendment Act 1981

Public Act		1981 No 67
Date of assent		22 October 1981

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Increase in membership of Fisheries Licensing Authority
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act 1908

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Amendment Act 1981, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Fisheries Act 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Increase in membership of Fisheries Licensing Authority

(1)

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 101(2) (as inserted by section 2 of the Fisheries Amendment Act 1977), and substituting the following subsection.

“(2)

The Authority shall consist of 4 members appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister, being—

“(a)

Three members, one of whom shall be appointed as Chairman and one as deputy to the Chairman:

“(b)

One member, recommended by the Minister after consultation with the Fishing Industry Board.”

(2)

The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 105(3) (as so inserted), and substituting the following subsection:

“(3)

The presence of at least 3 members (other than a co-opted member) or their deputies shall be necessary for the transaction of business at any meeting.”

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Fisheries Amendment Act 1981