Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act 2009 · As enacted
68. Amendment of section 72 of the principal enactment
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Section 72 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section as follows:—
by the insertion immediately before the definition of the expression “Buffer Zone” of the following definitions:—
“ “Advisory Committee” means the Wildlife
Conservation Advisory Committee established under section 70(1) of this Ordinance;
“Authorized Officer” means any Wildlife Officer appointed by the Director-General for the purposes of this Act.”;
by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the expression “cultivated land”, of the following definition:—
“ “development activity” means any activity which has an impact on the physical nature of the land or the natural biological phenomenon of fauna and flora of such land.”;
by the repeal of the definition of the expression
“Director” and the substitution therefor of the following:—
“ “Director-General” means the person appointed to be or to act as the Director-General, Wildlife
Conservation, for the purposes of this Ordinance, and includes the Director and the Deputy
Director, Wildlife Conservation, appointed for such purposes;”;
by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “District Director” of the following definitions:—
“ “explosive” has the same meaning assigned to it in the Explosives Act, No. 21 of 1956;
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“Fund” means the Wildlife Preservation Fund established under section 65 of this
Ordinance;”;
by the insertion immediately after the definition
“gun” of the following definition:—
“ “habitat” includes the physical environment, the biomass and all living organisms;”;
by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “Honorary District Director” of the following definition:—
“ “invertebrate” means any animal without a spinal column;;
by the repeal of the definition of the expression
“Jungle Corridor” and the substitution therefor of the following new definition:—
“ “Jungle Corridor” means the land deemed to be allocated for the purposes of facilitating the free movement of elephants from one reserve to another and declared as a Jungle Corridor for elephants constituted by Order made under section 2(1);”;
by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the expression “local authority” of the following new definition:—
“ “Marine National Park” means an area of sea together with an adjoining coastal belt consisting primarily of marine natural resources such as coral reefs, sea grass, beds or any other ecosystem where study and observation of such natural resources may be permitted and declared as a Marine National Park constituted by Order made under subsection (1) of section 2;”;
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by the repeal of the definition “Marine Reserve”;
by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the expression “offence”, of the following new definition:—
“ “plant” means any member of the plant kingdom including a tree or any part thereof, dead or alive and any propagatory plant material and any extraction of such plant;”;
by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “prescribed”, of the following definitions:—
“ “prescribed officer” means any wildlife officer unless otherwise defined in this Ordinance;
“Sanctuary” means lands deemed to be dedicated for the purposes of human activity, but where activities specified in section 7 of the Ordinance and strictly prohibited other than in accordance with the regulations made thereunder and has been declared as a Sanctuary under section 2(2)
of the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance;
“Strict Natural Reserve” means an area of 1 (land)
and deemed to be dedicated to species of animals and plants to thrive on with the least disturbance for the purposes of ensuring the survival of threatened species in their natural habitat facilitating appropriate scientific research and declared as a Strict Natural Reserve constituted under section 2(1) of the Fauna and
Flora Protection Ordinance;
“wildlife officer” means the Director-General of the
Department of Wildlife Conservation or any
Director, Deputy Director or Assistant Director
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or Wildlife Ranger or Range Assistant or
Wildlife Guard in the Department of Wildlife
Conservation, unless any provision in the
Ordinance specifically mentions otherwise;”;
by the repeal of the definition “Refuge”;
in the definition of the expression “wildlife”, by the substitution for the words “animals which owe”
of the words “animals including different stages of their life cycle which owe”.