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Rotuma (Amendment) Act 1998

FIJI


ROTUMA (AMENDMENT) ACT 1998


ACT NO. 43 OF 1998


I assent
K. K. T. MARA
President


[17 September 1998]

[L.S]


AN ACT
TO AMEND THE ROTUMA ACT


ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands -


Short title


1. This Act may be cited as the Rotuma (Amendment) Act 1998.


Regulations


2. Section 16 of the Rotuma Act (Cap. 122) is amended -


(a) in subsection (1) by inserting after "may" the words "subject to the approval of the Minister,";


(b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting -


"(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may prescribe penalties for breach of the regulations not exceeding a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.".


Approval and commencement of regulations


3. Section 20 of the Rotuma Act is repealed.


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Passed by the House of Representatives this 10th August, l998.
Passed by the Senate this 9th September, 1998.


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