Whaling Act.

This Act concerns the control of whaling within and outside Papua New Guinea. The Act consists of four Parts: Preliminary (I); Regulation of Whaling (II); Offences (III); Miscellaneous (Part IV).
The Act requires all persons and authorities involved in the administration of this Act to ensure that the relevant provisions of the International Whaling Conventions are observed as fully and effectually as if Papua New Guinea were a Contracting State to those Conventions. The Minister may, by notice in the National Gazette, prohibit, at all times or during a period specified in the notice: (a) the taking or killing of whales, or whales of a species, kind or sex specified in the notice; or (b) the taking or killing of whales, or whales of a species, kind or sex specified in the notice, not exceeding a specified size; or (c) the taking or killing of whales, or whales of a species, kind or sex specified in the notice, by a specified method or equipment.