Ministry of Marine Resources Legislation Act No. 16 of 2019.

This Act lays down provision for the transfer of many of the functions of the Cook Islands Pearl Authority to the Ministry of Marine Resources; repeal the Cook Islands Pearl Authority Act 1993; the disestablishment of the Cook Islands Pearl Authority; and the consequential amendments to other Acts. Furthermore, this Act makes amendments in the Ministry of Marine Resources Act 1984 by inserting new paragraphs to Section 4(2) of the Principal Act on the functions of the Ministry regarding the development of a sustainable and commercially viable pearl industry in the Cook Islands.