Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Crew) Amendment Act 2002
Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Crew) Amendment Act 2002
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Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Crew) Amendment Act 2002
Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Crew) Amendment Act 2002
| Public Act | 2002 No 27 |
| Date of assent | 17 September 2002 |
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
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(1) This Act is the Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Crew) Amendment Act 2002.
(2) In this Act, the Fisheries Act 1996 is called the
“principal Act”
.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Provisions relating to forfeit property
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(1) Section 256(1) of the principal Act is amended by repealing the definition of interest, and substituting the following definition:
“interest means,—
“(a) in the case of quota, an interest in the quota that is recorded on the Quota Register at the time of the forfeiture:
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“(b) in the case of a foreign vessel, a foreign-owned New Zealand fishing vessel, or a foreign-operated fish carrier,—
“(i) ownership; and
“(ii) an interest, as determined by the Employment Relations Authority or any court, that any fishing crew have in unpaid wages; and
“(iii) an interest in costs incurred by a third party (other than the employer) to provide for the support and repatriation of foreign crew employed on the vessel:
“(c) in the case of other forfeit property, a legal or equitable interest in that forfeit property that existed at the time of the forfeiture; but does not include any interest (other than an interest referred to in paragraph (b)) in a foreign vessel, a foreign-owned New Zealand fishing vessel, or a foreign-operated fish carrier.”
(2) Section 256(8)(a) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the words
“manifest injustice”
, the words“or to satisfy an interest referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) or (iii) of the definition of interest in subsection (1).”
Legislative history | |
|---|---|
| 15 June 2000 | Introduction (Bill 42-1) |
| 2 August 2000 | First reading and referral to Primary Production Committee |
| 24 August 2001 | Reported from Primary Production Committee (Bill 42-2) |
| 29 May 2002 | Second reading |
| 11 September 2002 | Committee of the whole House, third reading |
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