New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
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2009/177
Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government
At Wellington this 22nd day of June 2009
Present:
Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council
Pursuant to section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996, Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
These regulations are the Fisheries (Southland and Sub-Antarctic Areas Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2009.
These regulations come into force on 30 June 2009.
These regulations amend the Fisheries (Southland and Sub-Antarctic Areas Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1991.
Regulation 3A is revoked and the following regulation substituted:
“3A Areas closed for taking of blue cod
“(1) A person must not—
“(a) take any blue cod from within the areas described in subclause (2); or
“(b) possess any blue cod taken from any of those areas.
“(2) The areas referred to in subclause (1) comprise the following internal waters of Fiordland:
“(a) those waters of Milford Sound lying to the east of a line drawn from Dale Point at 44°35.99′S and 167°49.12′E to 44°36.33′S and 167°48.71′E; and
“(b) those waters of Doubtful Sound lying—
“(i) to the east of a line drawn from 45°17.15′S and 166°53.01′E to Jamieson Head on Bauza Island (at 45°17.56′S and 166°52.68′E); and
“(ii) to the east of a line drawn from Bauza Island (at 45°16.81′S and 166°54.61′E) to Secretary Island (at 45°16.59′S and 166°55.21′E); and
“(iii) to the south of a line (being the boundary between Doubtful Sound and Thompson and Bradshaw Sounds) drawn from Common Head on Secretary Island (at 45°17.87′S and 167°00.18′E) to Pack Point (at 45°18.21′S and 167°01.02′E).”
Regulation 7(1) is amended by omitting “3A(4)”
and substituting “3A(1)”
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Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 30 June 2009, amend the Fisheries (Southland and Sub-Antarctic Areas Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1991.
The amendments, subject to 1 exception, continue the effect of existing regulation 3A of the Fisheries (Southland and Sub-Antarctic Areas Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1991, which provides for the closure of the blue cod fishery in the same areas but will expire on 29 June 2009. The exception is that, under the amendments, the closure does not have a set expiry date.
Date of notification in Gazette: 25 June 2009.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Fisheries.