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Page 29Solomon Islands Pearl Farming Regulation- - - - - - - - - -A RegulationTo Control the Development of the Pearl Farming Industry in Solomon Islands.1. Short Title and commencement- - - - - - - - - -Division I. Preliminary(1) This Regulation may be cited as the Pearl Farming Regulation 2008 and shall comeinto operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by notice published in the Gazette..2. Interpretation(1) In this Regulation, unless the contrary intention appears:‘Act’ means the Fisheries Act 1998;‘chaplet’ means a length of rope or line, suspended vertically from the mainline of afarm line, on which individual pearl oysters are hung, whether or not in bags, cages orother enclosures;‘Director’ means the Director of Fisheries as defined in Section 2 of the Act;‘farm line’ means an assemblage of lines, ropes, anchors and floats used for thepurpose of suspending adult pearl oysters in coastal waters so that they can grow in amanner that is easily accessible for pearl farming;‘float line’ means the line connecting a float to the mainline of a farm line or spat linein order to prevent it from sinking;‘hatchery’ means a facility used for the purpose of propagating juvenile pearl oysters;‘mainline’ means the horizontal part of a farm line or spat line, from which chapletsor spat collectors are hung;‘pearl farming’ means the rearing and culturing of pearl oysters in coastal waters, theseeding of pearl oysters, and the harvesting, processing and marketing of pearls, andincludes the process of spat collection;‘pearl farming facility’ means the buildings, structures, underwater lines, floats,rafts, anchors and other infrastructure used for pearl farming, including hatcheries;‘pearl farming lease’ means a lease of land, water, sea or part thereof for purposes ofaquaculture, and includes a sub-lease of an existing facility to a third person;‘pearl oyster’ means a bivalve mollusc of the species listed in Schedule 1;‘licence’ means a licence to carry out pearl farming issued under this Regulation.‘licensee’ means the holder of a licence granted under this Regulation.‘person’ means a natural person or a body corporate;‘Principal Licensing Officer’ means such fisheries officer as appointed under theAct;