Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This regulation may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Marine Fishing Regulation, 2003. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Regulation and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Regulation shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.