Fishing (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022

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The Fishing (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolutions of the 30^th October 1996[a] and the 25^th March 2021[b], hereby order:-

Amendment of 1997 Ordinance.

1. The Fishing Ordinance, 1997 is amended as follows.

2. In section 1, immediately after subsection (3) insert the following subsection -

"(4) The Committee may by order regulate the import, export, taking, buying and selling of any fish which is of a prescribed species.".

3. In section 3, immediately after subsection (3) insert the following subsection -

"(3A) Notwithstanding anything in this section, a person shall not take ormers at any time between the hours of sunset and sunrise.".

Interpretation

4. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this Ordinance -

"the 1997 Ordinance" means the Fishing Ordinance, 1997, and other expressions have the same meanings as in the 1997 Ordinance.

Citation.

5. This Ordinance may be cited as the Fishing (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022.

Commencement.

6. This Ordinance shall come into force on 25^th November, 2022.

[a]	Article VIII of Billet d'État No. XXIV of 1996.
[b]	Article I of Billet d'État No. VIII of 2021.