Updated to 5 December 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025 and S.I. No. 587 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003
No. 21 of 2003
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 1 July 2003 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act other than Part 5 (s. 32) included in collectively cited Sea-Fisheries Acts | 8/2006, s. 1(2) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| Transfer of functions | S.I. No. 236 of 2024, arts. 1(2), 3(1)(c), 4-8 | 14 May 2024 | S.I. No. 236 of 2024, arts. 1(2) |
| Transfer of functions under (except for Part 5 (s. 32)) | S.I. No. 707 of 2007, art. 3(1) | 19 October 2007 | S.I. No. 707 of 2007, art. 3(1) |
| Application of collectively cited Sea-Fisheries Acts restricted | S.I. No. 477 of 2011, regs. 1(3), 42(22), 46(3), 63(2) and sch. 2 (col. cit.) | 21 September 2011 | S.I. No. 477 of 2011, regs. 1(3) |
| Provision for enforcement and related offences | 8/2006, ss. 16-39 | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 2(1) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(a) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(3) substituted | 8/2006, s. 99(b)(i) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(6) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(b)(ii) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(9)(a) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(b)(iii) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(9)(b) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(b)(iv) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(9A) inserted | 8/2006, s. 99(b)(v) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(10) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(b)(vi) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 4 substituted | 8/2006, s. 97(1) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 4(3)(b)(iii) amended | 2/2022, ss. 13(a)(i), 15(4) | 3 May 2022 | Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 202 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 4(3)(b)(iv) inserted | 2/2022, ss. 13(a)(ii), 15(4) | 3 May 2022 | Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 202 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 4(12) penalty for offence under | 8/2006, s. 28 & Table 2 ref. no. 1 | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 5(1)(b) amended | 2/2022, ss. 13(b)(i), 15(4) | 3 May 2022 | Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 202 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 5(1)(b) substituted | 8/2006, s. 99(c)(i) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 5(2)(b) amended | 2/2022, ss. 13(b)(ii), 15(4) | 3 May 2022 | Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 202 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 5(2)(b) substituted | 8/2006, s. 99(c)(ii) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 5(4) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(c)(iii) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 5(7) inserted | 8/2006, s. 99(c)(iv) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 5A inserted | 8/2006, s. 98(1) | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under S. 98(2) | |
| Part 3 (ss. 6-21) application restricted | S.I. No. 318 of 2020, regs. 20 | 26 August 2020 | |
| S.I. No. 89 of 2018, reg. 19 | 20 March 2018 | ||
| S.I. No. 125 of 2016, reg. 19 | 1 March 2016 | ||
| S.I. No. 3 of 2014, ss. 1(2), 17 | 20 January 2014 | S.I. No. 3 of 2014, s. 1(2) | |
| S. 6(4) substituted | 8/2006, s. 99(d) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 7 application restricted | 14/1959, s. 222B(4) as substituted by 11/2005, s. 53(e) | 29 June 2005 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 7(1)(b) substituted | 8/2006, s. 99(e) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 9(2)(a) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(f) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 25(3) substituted | 8/2006, s. 99(g) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 25(3) penalty for offence under | 8/2006, s. 28 & Table 2 ref. no. 2 | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 26 sea-fisheries protection officer construed for purposes of collectively cited Sea-Fisheries Acts | 8/2006, s. 16 | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 26(1) repealed | 8/2006, s. 4(1). See also s. 4(2). | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 26(9) repealed | 8/2006, s. 4(1). See also s. 4(2). | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 27(5) substituted | 8/2006, s. 99(h) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 27(5) penalty for offence under | 8/2006, s. 28 & Table 2 ref. no. 3 | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 28 repealed | 8/2006, s. 4(1). See also s. 4(2). | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 29(1) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(i) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 30 repealed | 8/2006, s. 4(1). See also s. 4(2). | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 32(1) amended | 39/2009, ss. 1(4), 21(a) | 15 January 2010 | S. 1(4) |
| S. 32(2) amended | 39/2009, ss. 1(4), 21(a) | 15 January 2010 | S. 1(4) |
| S. 32(4) amended | 39/2009, ss. 1(4), 21(b) | 15 January 2010 | S. 1(4) |
| S. 32(6) amended | 39/2009, ss. 1(4), 21(b) | 15 January 2010 | S. 1(4) |
| S. 32(6A) inserted | 8/2006, s. 99(j) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 32(7) def. of "appropriate Minister" ins. | 39/2009, ss. 1(4), 21(c) | 15 January 2010 | S. 1(4) |
| Sch. 1, para. 7(d) amended | 8/2006, s. 99(k) | 4 April 2006 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 20(1) | Sea-Fishing Boat Licensing Appeals (Fees) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 501 of 2004) |
| Sea-Fishing Boat Licensing Appeals (Fees) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 309 of 2003) | |
| S. 23 | Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 (Section 23) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 46 of 2004) |