Fisheries (Sharks—High Seas Protection) Regulations 2012
Reprint
as at 4 October 2013
Fisheries (Sharks—High Seas Protection) Regulations 2012
(SR 2012/355)
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 3rd day of December 2012
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Pursuant to section 297(1) 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.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Fisheries (Sharks—High Seas Protection) Regulations 2012.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 3 January 2013.
3 Interpretation
In these regulations,—
basking shark means a fish of the species Cetorhinus maximus
high seas means the waters outside the national fisheries jurisdiction of any country
New Zealand ship has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Ship Registration Act 1992
oceanic whitetip shark means a fish of the species Carcharhinus longimanus
taking and to take have the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Fisheries Act 1996
tender has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Fisheries Act 1996
white pointer shark means a fish of the species Carcharodon carcharias.
4 Prohibition on using New Zealand ship on high seas to take specified sharks
No person may use a New Zealand ship, or a tender of that ship, on the high seas to take—
(a) a basking shark:
(b) an oceanic whitetip shark:
(c) a white pointer shark.
5 Offence
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(1) A person commits an offence if the person breaches regulation 4.
(2) A person who commits an offence against subclause (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000.
Regulation 5(2): amended, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 3(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/409).
6 Revocations
The Fisheries (White Pointer Shark—High Seas Protection) Regulations 2007 (SR 2007/48) and the Fisheries (Basking Shark—High Seas Protection) Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/401) are revoked.
Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Date of notification in Gazette: 6 December 2012.
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Fisheries (Sharks—High Seas Protection) Regulations 2012 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, will have the status of an official version once issued by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel under section 17(1) of that Act.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/
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4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/409): regulation 3(2)