Marine Farming Act (No. 29 of 1971).

The original version of this Act was divided into 8 Parts and 52 sections as follows: Title (sects. 1 and 2); Leases and licences (sects. 3-14a); Sprat-catching areas (subsect. 14b); Registration of licences and leases (sects. 15-20); Renewal of leases and licences and re-offering of leases and licence areas (sects. 21-24); Access ways and access strips; Safety requirements (sects. 27-31); Offences (sects. 32-38); Miscellaneous provisions (sects. 39-52).
The substance of this Act has been largely replaced or superseded by provisions in other related Acts (Resource Management Act 1991, Fisheries Act 1983 and Fisheries Act 1996), reducing it essentially to provisions on offences and penalties, registration of leases and licences and miscellaneous administrative provisions. A public register of all leases and licences is kept by the Department. Among the offences, the Act includes injury or damage to marine farms, removal of diseased or contaminated fish or vegetation from one licensed area to another or their disposal in surrounding tidal waters. Miscellaneous provisions include dispute settlement through arbitration, inspection powers as well as regulation-making powers. Section 49 specifies that nothing in the Fisheries Act 1983 (see Fisheries Act 1996) or regulations made thereunder applies in respect of fish or marine vegetaion of a species specified in a lease or licence made under this Act.