Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007
Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007
Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007
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Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007
Note
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Fisheries.
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Preamble
At Wellington this 27th day of August 2007
Pursuant to section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Contents
1 Title
These regulations are the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2007.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 October 2007.
3 Principal regulations amended
These regulations amend the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations 2001.
4 Interpretation
Regulation 3 is amended by inserting the following definition in its appropriate alphabetical order:
“prawn killer means a shellfish of the species Ibacus alticrenatus”.
5 Trawl net restrictions
Regulation 71(5)(a) and (b) are amended by inserting
“or prawn killer”
after“scampi”
.
6 Schedule 2 amended
Clause 16(2) of Schedule 2 is revoked.
Martin Bell,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 October 2007, amend the Fisheries (Commercial Fishing) Regulations 2001 by—
•inserting a definition of prawn killer into regulation 3 (which relates to interpretation). Prawn killer is a species of shellfish that is to be introduced into the quota management system on 1 October 2007. Regulation 71(5)(a) and (b) (which relates to trawl net restrictions) are consequentially amended to insert references to prawn killer:
•revoking clause 16(2) of Schedule 2 (which specifies fees for the registration of automatic location communicators).
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 30 August 2007.