9.—Section 11 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “and to promote the conservation of biological diversity” after “wildlife” and the said subsection (1), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section, and

(b) by the insertion of the following after subsection (4):

“(5) In this section ‘biological diversity’ means the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological complexes of which they are part and ‘diversity’ includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.”.

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(1) It shall be a function of the Minister to secure the conservation of wildlife and to promote the conservation of biological diversity.