Fisheries (Central Area Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations, 2012

2012/47 Fisheries (Central Area Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2012 Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 26th day of March 2012 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council 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 Page 1 Title 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Principal regulations 2 4 Regulation 2A amended (Interpretation) 2 5 Regulation 3A amended (Maximum daily number of fish) 2 1 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM399599 r 1 Fisheries (Central Area Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2012 2012/47 Regulations 1 Title These regulations are the Fisheries (Central Area Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2012. 2 Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 May 2012. 3 Principal regulations These regulations amend the Fisheries (Central Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986 (the principal regulations). 4 Regulation 2A amended (Interpretation) In regulation 2A, definition ofCentral FisheryManagement Area, replace “fishery management area described as Fishery Management Area 2—Central (East)” with “areas described as Fishery management area 2—Central (East) and Fishery management area 8—Central (Egmont), as described”. 5 Regulation 3A amended (Maximum daily number of fish) After regulation 3A(2), insert: “(2A) No person may, on any day,— “(a) take fromwithin the Fishery management area 8—Cen tral (Egmont), as defined in Schedule 1 of the Fisheries Act 1996, more than 10 blue cod; or “(b) possess more than 10 blue cod in that area; or “(c) possess more than 10 blue cod taken from within that area. “(2B) No person may, on any day,— “(a) take from within the Central Fishery Management Area more than 5 bluenose; or “(b) possess more than 5 bluenose in that area; or “(c) possess more than 5 bluenose taken from within that area.” 2 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM114664 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM114664 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM114671 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM115230 2012/47 Fisheries (Central Area Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2012 Explanatory note Rebecca Kitteridge, 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 May 2012, amend the Fisheries (Central Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986. The amendments— • correct the description of Central Fishery Management Area; and • provide that— • 10 is the maximum daily number of blue cod in relation to the Fishery management area 8—Central (Egmont); and • 5 is the maximum daily number of bluenose in relation to the Central Fishery Management Area. Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 29 March 2012. These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 12 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2012 3 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM114664 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM195097