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171 PDFTitle:Fisheries Protection OrdinanceGazette Number:13 of 2012
Section:4BHeading:Management and control of fishing in fisheries protection areasVersion Date:15/06/2012


(1) The Authority may make rules for the management and control of fishing in any fisheries protection area, including but not limited to the specification of any zone within any fisheries protection area and the prohibition of any fishing in the specified zone.
(2) Any rules made under this section may provide that any contravention of any provision of the rules constitutes an offence and may prescribe penalties for the contravention not exceeding a fine of $200000 and imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) A provision of a regulation made under section 4 is to prevail over any inconsistent provision of a rule made under this section.

(Added 13 of 2012 s. 7)