GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

OFFSHORE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) DECREE 2014
(DECREE NO. 4 OF 2014)

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as the President of the Republic of Fiji and the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by virtue of the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009 and section 165(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Fiji, I hereby make the following Decree—

A DECREE TO AMEND THE OFFSHORE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT DECREE 2012

Short title and commencement
 1.—(1) This Decree may be cited as the Offshore Fisheries Management (Amendment) Decree 2014 and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

(2)The Offshore Fisheries Management Decree 2012 shall be referred to as the "Principal Decree".

Section 12 amended
2. Section 12 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (1) by inserting "the Council," after the words "In appointing the members of".

Section 25 amended
 3. Section 25 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (6) by deleting "$5,000" and substituting with "$50,000".

Section 26 amended
 4. Section 26 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (3) by deleting "$20,000" and substituting with "$200,000".

Section 27 amended
 5. Section 27 of the Principal Decree is amended in—

(a) section (1)(a) by deleting "34" and substituting with "32"; and 
(b) section (1)(c) by deleting "34" and substituting with "32".

Section 28 amended
 6. Section 28 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (4) by deleting "$500,000" and substituting with "$50,000".

Section 30 amended
 7. Section 30 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (1) by deleting "section 32" and substituting with "sections 32 and 34".

Section 33 amended
 8. Section 33 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (8) by deleting the words "not exceeding" and substituting with "not less than".

Section 44 amended
 9. Section 44 of the Principal Decree is amended in—

(a) subsection (3) by deleting "34" and substituting with "32"; and 
(b) subsection (4) by deleting "(1) or (2)" and substituting with "(2) or (3)". 

Section 62 amended
 10. Section 62 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (1) by deleting "57" and substituting with "52".

Section 72 amended
11. Section 72 of the Principal Decree is amended in subsection (7) by deleting “$1,000” and “$2,000” and substituting “$20,000” and “$50,000” respectively. 
Given under my hand this 5th day of February 2014.
EPELI NAILATIKAU
President of the Republic of Fiji