Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Amendment Regulations, 2007

Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Amendment Regulations 2007 Anand Satyanand, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 15th day of October 2007 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 1 Title 2 Commencement 3 Principal regulations amended 4 Interpretation 5 Vessels required to carry and operate automatic location communicators Regulations 1 Title These regulations are the Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Amendment Regulations 2007. 2 Commencement These regulations come into force on 15 November 2007. 3 Principal regulations amended These regulations amend the Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Regulations 1993. 4 Interpretation Regulation 2 is amended by inserting the following definition in its appropriate alphabetical order: "benthic protection area has the meaning given to it in regulation 4 of the Fisheries (Benthic Protection Areas) Regulations 2007". 5 Vessels required to carry and operate automatic location communicators Regulation 3(1) is amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (ea): "(eb) New Zealand fishing vessels of 28 metres or less in length that are used at any time during a fishing year to trawl within a benthic protection area; and". Diane Morcom, Clerk of the Executive Council. Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989. Date of notification in Gazette: 18 October 2007. These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Fisheries.