Legislation

The Federal Register of Fighting-Fish Legislation contains every Act, Regulation and Ordinance the Registry administers, has administered, or has lost a part of. All of it is fictional.

Sections marked [Repealed], [Suspended] or [Missing] are retained for historical interest and emotional closure. Cross-references are underlined, and some of them go in circles.

• Bubble-Nest Planning Regulations 1994

  Statutory Rules No. 112 of 1994, made under the Fighting-Fish (Bowl Sovereignty) Act 1987

  Regulations to govern the planning, approval, construction, occupancy, inspection and spontaneous collapse of bubble nests within the Realm.

  14 sections

• Fighting-Fish (Bowl Sovereignty) Act 1987

  Act No. 7 of 1987

  An Act to recognise, declare and thereafter worry about the sovereignty of a fighting fish over its bowl, and for related, unrelated and loosely adjacent purposes.

  15 sections, including 1 repealed, suspended or missing

• Fighting-Fish Naming and Nomenclature Act 2011

  Act No. 88 of 2011

  An Act to establish a national register of fighting-fish names, to prevent two fish from having the same name, and to require middle names when one name is not enough.

  13 sections

• Flare Display (Public Decency) Ordinance 2003

  Ordinance No. 3 of 2003

  An Ordinance to regulate the public display of flaring by fighting fish, to set standards of decency and glamour, and to manage complaints from fish who saw another fish flaring and found it to be a lot.

  13 sections, including 1 repealed, suspended or missing

• Ornament Tenancy and Castle Occupancy Regulations 1999

  Statutory Rules No. 204 of 1999, made under the Fighting-Fish (Bowl Sovereignty) Act 1987

  Regulations to govern the leasing, occupancy, maintenance and emotional significance of castles, shipwrecks, treasure chests and other ornaments within the Realm.

  12 sections

• Pellet Distribution and Disappointment Act 1991

  Act No. 31 of 1991

  An Act to provide for the fair, timely and emotionally responsible distribution of pellets, flakes and other foodstuffs to fighting fish, and to establish a framework for managing the disappointment that follows.

  14 sections, including 1 repealed, suspended or missing

• Reflective Surfaces (Identity Protection) Act 2009

  Act No. 66 of 2009

  An Act to protect fighting fish from distress caused by reflections, to clarify that the other fish is you, and to provide counselling, arbitration and pamphlets.

  12 sections

• Tap-on-Glass (Prohibition) Ordinance 2015

  Ordinance No. 12 of 2015

  An Ordinance to prohibit tapping on the glass of a bowl, to provide for signage, and to create a modest scheme of remorse.

  12 sections

• Water (Broadly Wet) Standards Act 1988

  Act No. 19 of 1988

  An Act to set national standards for the water in which fighting fish live, to require that such water be broadly wet, and to establish a scheme of inspection by people who do not like getting their sleeves damp.

  14 sections

Jurisdictional matters are detailed in Appendix I, including Great Northwestern New Australian Madagascar.

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