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Fiji Audio Visual Commission (Amendment) Decree 2012

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
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FIJI AUDIO VISUAL COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) DECREE 2012
(DECREE NO. 48 OF 2012)

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as the President of the Republic of Fiji and the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by virtue of the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, I hereby make the following Decree -

Short title and commencement

1. This Decree may be cited as the Fiji Audio Visual Commission (Amendment) Decree 2012, and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

Section 1 amended

2. The Fiji Audio Visual Commission Act 2002 ("the Act") is amended by deleting section l and substituting the following -

"Short title

1. This Act may be cited as Film Fiji Act."

Section 2 amended

3. Section 2 of the Act is amended by deleting the definition of "Commission" and inserting the following new definition -

"Film Fiji" means the body established under section 3"

Consequential amendments

4. - (1) The Act and all subsidiary laws made under the Act are amended by deleting the words "the Fiji Audio-Visual Commission" wherever it appears and substituting "Film Fiji".

(2) The Act and all subsidiary laws made under the Act are amended by deleting the words "the Commission" wherever it appears and substituting "Film Fiji".

(3) All written laws are amended by deleting the words "the Fiji Audio Visual Commission" wherever it appears and substituting "Film Fiji".

(4) All State documents of any nature whatsoever, are consequentially amended by deleting the words "the Fiji Audio Visual Commission" and substituting "Film Fiji", unless the context otherwise requires.

GIVEN under my hand this 14th day of May 2012.

EPELI NAILATIKAU
President of the Republic of Fiji

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