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4920 [Tuesday, 29 October 2013areas with all other environmental functions), and theDepartment of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the otherhand (including all fisheries related functions), has decided tosupport the following amendments:1. Clause 1 amends certain definitions and inserts definitions in theAct to accommodate the inclusion of the powers to declare andmanage marine protected areas in terms of the Act.2. Clauses 2 and 3 amends one of the objectives of the Act, as aresult of comments from the public, as well as consequentialamendments to the holistic inclusion of marine protected areas inthe Act.3. Clause 4 amends section 14 of the Act, as Section 14 currentlylimits the application of certain Chapters in the Act to marineprotected areas (MPAs) declared in terms of the Marine LivingResources Act, 1998. The clause seeks to remove the limitationand to bring existing MPAs within the ambit of the Act.4. Clause 5 inserts a new section 22A, to insert provisions in the Act(in Part 2A), authorising the Minister to declare MPAs andprescribe the criteria for declaration. It also enables the Ministerto withdraw such declaration or add to or exclude any area from amarine protected area.5. Clauses 6, 7, 8 and 9 contain consequential amendments to theAct, to allow for the holistic inclusion of marine protected areas inthe Act.6. Clause 10 amends section 38 of the Act, to clarify theappointment of management authorities or agents for MPAs andto provide for certain limitations of powers and functions. Theinsertion in section 38(1)(b) seeks to clarify that consentrequirements are only applicable to private landowners withinprotected environments.7. Clause 11 amends section 41 of the Act, to align zoning bymanagement authorities with zoning by the Minister. It isnecessary to retain both powers as they serve differentobjectives.ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NO 147─2013