Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978

30 Amendments, repeals, and revocations
  • (1) The enactments specified in the Schedule are hereby amended in the manner indicated in that schedule.

    (2) The following enactments are hereby repealed:

    • (a) the Whaling Industry Act 1935:

    • (b) the Whaling Industry Amendment Act 1974:

    • (c) the Fisheries Amendment Act 1956.

    (3) The following regulations are hereby revoked:

    • (a) the Whaling Industry Regulations 1961:

    • (b) the Whaling Industry Regulations 1961, Amendment No 1:

    • (c) the Whaling Industry Regulations 1961, Amendment No 2:

    • (d) the Seal Fishery Regulations 1946:

    • (e) the Seal Fishery Regulations 1946, Amendment No 7:

    • (f) the Seal Fishery Regulations 1946, Amendment No 11.

    (4) As from the commencement of this Act, the enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intituled—

    • (a) the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act 1895, 58 and 59 Vict, c 21; and

    • (b) the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act 1912, 2 and 3 Geo 5, c 10—

    shall cease to have effect as part of the law of New Zealand.

    (5) The following Orders in Council are hereby consequentially revoked:

    • (a) the Order in Council dated 4 March 1913, and published in the Gazette on 13 March 1913 at page 815, whereby consent was given to sections 3 and 4 of the enactment mentioned in subsection (4)(b) of this section being extended to New Zealand:

    • (b) the Order in Council dated 18 August 1913, and published in the Gazette on 21 August 1913 at pages 2633 and 2634, whereby a date was declared for the sections mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection to come into operation in New Zealand.