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                                   CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

                                                      (Section 23)

 

The Fisheries Law, 1991 (P.N.D.C.L. 256) is amended as follows-

(a) in section 1 (5) for “The Secretary for Transport and Communications may in consultation with the Secretary” substitute “The Minister for Transport and Communications may in consultation with the Minister and the Commission”;

(b) in section 10 (1) (b) by the substitution for “a representative of the National Fisheries Advisory Council" of: the following “a member of the Fisheries Commission";

(c) in section 17 for “The Secretary may, on the advice of the Director of Fisheries,” substitute “The Minister may, on the advice of the Commission”;

(d) in section 44 (1) for “The Secretary may by legislative instrument make regulations” substitute “The Minister may by legislative instrument in consultation with the Commission make regulations –; and

(e) in section 44 (2) for “The Secretary for Transport and Communication in consultation With the Secretary for Agriculture" substitute “The Minister for Transport and Communication In consultation with the Minister and the Commission.”