Tanzania
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute Act
Chapter 280
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 1 August 1980
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions (ss. 1-3)
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute Act.2. Scope of application
Any act or acts permitted or required by or under this Act to be done by the Institute, by any person in relation to or for the purposes of the Institute, for the purposes of promoting research in fisheries may be done within or in relation to any part of the territorial waters, or on or in relation to any part of the territory, of the United Republic, subject to the provisions of this Act or any other written law.3. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise—"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Institute established by section 7;"Centre" means a Fisheries Research Centre established or deemed to have been established under section 5;"Chief Fisheries Officer" means the officer appointed under section 3 of the Fisheries Act1;"Director" means a Director of a Centre, appointed under section 15;"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Institute, appointed under section 14;"fish" means all forms of aquatic amphibian life (including turtles, crabs and shell fish) and includes the spat, brood, fry, spawn, ova and young of all fish, but does not include any aquatic or amphibious animal to which the Wildlife Conservation Act2 applies, or the young of that animal;"fish disease" means diseases infectious or non-infectious among fish and includes furunculosis, pancreatic necrosis, viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, myxosoma, cerebralis, haematopoietic necrosis, ulcerative dermal necrosis, dropsy of cyprinids, spring viraemia, erythrodermatitis or other illness, infirmity, infection or impurity which would or is likely to make fish unfit for use or consumption by man;"fish farm" means any pond, stew, hatchery or other place used for keeping, with a view to their sale or transfer to other waters (including any other fish farm), live fish, eggs of fish, or foodstuffs for fish, and includes any buildings used in connection with it and the banks and margins of any water in it;"fish product" means anything made, collected or obtained from fish, and includes fish meal, dried fish, fish manure, offal, fish silage, canned fish, oil or any fish, pearl, mother-of-pearl, shell, bêche de mer, ambergris, larva and sponge;"fisheries" means the places connected with, and activities comprised in the fishing industry, including the technical or scientific objects, acts, processes or systems relating to—(a)the business of fishing;(b)the construction or creation of spawning grounds or fish farms for the purposes of taking or facilitating the taking of fish;(c)the manufacture of articles or things connected with or for the purposes of the fishing industry;(d)the control of fishing;(e)the creation, grant and determination of fishing rights;(f)the reproduction or multiplication of fish;(g)the preparation of fish foods or the manufacture or use of fish products, and(h)the investigation, prevention or control of the occurrence of fish disease;"fishing" means the collection, capture, gathering, killing, snaring or trapping of fish, fish product or aquatic flora;"fishing gear" means any net, line, cork, buoy, basket, trap, hook or other article, apparatus, structure, construction or installation of any kind used for the purpose of fishing;"fishing industry" includes the collection, capture or gathering of fish, fish products or aquatic flora, the manufacture of fish products, the processing of fish products or aquatic flora and the manufacturing of fish products and products of aquatic flora;"fishing vessel" means any boat or other aquatic or amphibious craft or vehicle used, outfitted or designed for the purpose of collecting capturing, gathering, processing or transporting fish, whether operating on above or below water;"fishing weir" means any erection, structure, construction or obstruction of any kind placed across or in any waters and temporarily or permanently fixed to or resting on the bed or a bank, which is designed for the purpose of collection, gathering, capturing, killing or injuring of fish, fish product or aquatic flora, and includes stake nets and basket traps;"Institute" means the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, established by section 4;"member" in relation to the Board, means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman;"Minister" means the Minister responsible for fisheries.Part II – The Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (ss. 4-8)
4. Establishment of the Institute
5. Vesting of centres and grant of title to land
6. Functions of the Institute
7. Composition and proceedings of Board
8. Powers of Minister in relation to Board
The Minister may give to the Board directions of a general or specific character regarding the performance by the Institute of any of its functions under this Act, and the Board shall give effect to every direction given to it.Part III – Powers and operations of the Institute (ss. 9-13)
9. Provisions relating to fisheries research
10. Information on fisheries research to be furnished to the Institute
11. Institute may call for information
12. Chief Fisheries Officer in relation to research
13. Regulations
Part IV – Administrative provisions (ss. 14-28)
14. Appointment, functions and powers of Director-General
15. Appointment of other staff, and management of Centres
16. Power of Board to delegate
17. Notification of orders, directions, etc.
Where any order, direction or requirement made or given by the Minister or the Board under this Act is not required to be published in the Gazette, the order, direction or requirement shall be brought to the notice of persons affected or likely to be affected by it in any manner determined by the Minister or the Board, but if the order, direction or requirement is published in the Gazette, all persons shall be deemed to have had notice of it.18. Remuneration of members of Board
19. Protection from personal liability
Without prejudice to the provisions of section 284A of the Penal Code8 and the provisions of the Public Officers (Recovery of Debts) Act 9, no act or thing done by any member or by any employee of the Institute shall, if done or omitted bona fide in the execution or purported execution of his duties as a member or as an employee of the Institute, subject him to any action, liability or demand of any kind.20. Superannuation benefits
Subject to the provisions of any written law for the time being in force relating to pensions, the Board may—21. Funds of the Institute
The funds and resources of the Institute shall consist of—22. Power of Board to charge fees
The Board may, for the proper performance of the functions of the Institute; charge fees for any services or category of services rendered by the Institute, subject to any directions which the Minister may give in that behalf.23. Investment
With the prior approval of the Minister, the Board may invest any part of the moneys available in any fund of the Institute in such investments as are authorised investments in relation to investment of funds by a trustee under the Trustees Investments Act 10.24. Power to borrow
25. Annual and supplementary budget
26. Accounts and audit
27. Annual report
The Board shall, within six months after the close of the financial year, cause to be prepared and submitted to the Minister a report dealing generally with the activities and operations of the Institute during that financial year and accompanied by—28. Laying of accounts before National Assembly
The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the report submitted to him by the Board, lay before the National Assembly the audited accounts of the Institute, together with the auditors' report on the accounts and the annual report of the Institute.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
01 August 1980
Commenced
Cited documents 4
Legislation 4
1. | Wildlife Conservation Act | 759 citations |
2. | Tanzania Audit Corporation Act | 31 citations |
3. | Fisheries Act | 5 citations |
4. | Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organisation Act | 2 citations |
Documents citing this one 1
Judgment 1
1. | John Butabile vs Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (Civil Appeal No.423 of 2020) [2023] TZCA 17455 (26 July 2023) |