PAPUA NEW GUINEA

INTERNATIONAL TRADE (FAUNA AND FLORA) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014.

No. 4 of 2014.

Certified on: 07 APR 2014

International Trade (Fauna and Flora) (Amendment) Act 2014.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Interpretation (Amendment of Section 1).
2. Management Authority (Amendment of Section 3A).
3. Appointment of inspectors (Amendment of Section 3C).
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No.  of 2014.

AN ACT

entitled

International Trade (Fauna and Flora) (Amendment) Act 2014,

Being an Act to amend the International Trade (Fauna and Flora) Act (Chapter 391),

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation on the same day as the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority Act 2014 comes into operation.

1. INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1).

Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (1) ‑

(a) by inserting after the definition of "approval" the following new definition:

"Authority" means the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority;"; and

(b) inserting after the definition of "CITES-listed" the following new definition:

"Conservation and Environment Protection Authority" means the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority established by the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority Act 2014;".

2. MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3A).

Section 3A of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Subsection (1) and replacing it with the following new subsection:

"(1) For the purposes of the implementation of the Convention, the Management Authority is the Managing Director of the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority.".

3. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTORS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3C).

Section 3C of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Subsection (1) and replacing it with the following new subsection:

"(1) The Management Authority may, by instrument in writing, appoint ‑

(a) an officer of the National Public Service; or

(b) an employee of the Authority,

to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.".
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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the International Trade (Fauna and Flora) (Amendment) Act 2014, which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.
07 APR 2014

I hereby certify that the International Trade (Fauna and Flora) (Amendment) Act 2014 was made by the National Parliament on 19 February 2014.

Speaker of the National Parliament.
07 APR 2014