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Barbuda (Coastal Zoning and Management) Regulations, 2014 (S.I. No. 34 of 2014).

Type of law
Regulation
Source

Abstract
These Regulations declare, in the Schedules, marine sanctuaries, no-net zones, anchoring and mooring zones and shipping areas and empower the Barbuda Council to amend the zones created in these Regulations or to create additional types of zones and to impose restrictions on activities in those zones to manage and accommodate other uses of Barbuda coastal waters. They also, among other things: require a specified management fee to be paid for before engaging in any activity listed in Schedule I; prohibit fishing in marine sanctuaries and fishing with nets in no-net zones (subject to some exceptions); provide for the protection of seagrass and/or coastal mangrove; empower enforcement officers designated under the Barbuda (Fisheries) Regulations to enforce these Regulations; and define offences and penalties. The Regulations also provide for specific protection of a scheduled areas named Codrington Lagoon.
Date of text
Notes
Made under the Barbuda Local Government Act of 1976, CAP. 44.The terms and phrases used in these Regulations shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Maritime Areas Act, CAP. 260, the Fisheries Act, 2006, the Fisheries Regulations, 2013, or the Barbuda (Fisheries) Regulations, 2014.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Official Gazette Vol. XXXIIV No. 57 of 28 August 2014.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No