10. Amendment of Section 6A of the principal enactment

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Section 6A of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section:—

(a)

by the renumbering of that subsection as (1)

(a)

of that section;

(b)

in the renumbered subsection, by the substitution for the words “within a National

Reserve” of the words “within a National

Reserve other than a Strict Natural Reserve”;

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(c)

by the addition immediately after paragraph (a), of the following:—

“(b) in the case of a permit issued in respect of fishing, the prescribed officer may, taking into consideration any adverse impact on the fauna and flora and their habitats caused by such fishing, limit the number of permits so issued.”;

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section—

(a)

by the renumbering of subsection (2) as subsection (2) (a) ;

(b)

in the renumbered subsection (2) (a) by the substitution for the words “from any National

Reserve” of the words “from any National

Reserve (other than a strict Natural Reserve)”;

(c)

by the addition immediately after the renumbered subsection (2) (a) of the following new paragraph (b) and (c):—

“(b) The Director-General may issue a permit to remove any object of archaeological, pre-historical, historical or other scientific interest only upon the production of a Certificate from the

Competent Authority certifying that such object is of archaeological, per-historical, historical or other scientific interest and may be removed by the person named in the

Certificate.

(c)

For the purpose of this section the

Competent Authority shall be—

(i)

the Director-General of the Department of Archaeology ; or

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(ii)

the Director of National Museums.”.

Read on from s 11

10. Amendment of Section 6A of the principal enactment

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