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Marine Reserve (Poor Knights Islands) Order 1981

Made 1981-02-02 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
European Union
Country
New Zealand
Subjects
Wild species and ecosystems
Keywords
marine protected areas, protected area

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  1. Marine Reserve (Poor Knights Islands) Order 1981 (SR 1981/16) Note This order is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. PURSUANT to section 4(1) of the Marine Reserves Act 1971, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries made under section 5(9) of that Act with the concurrence of the Minister of Transport, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order. Contents 1 Title and commencement 2 Interpretation 3 Marine reserve constituted 4 [Revoked] Schedule 1 Schedule 2 [Revoked] 1 Title and commencement  (1) This order may be cited as the Marine Reserve (Poor Knights Islands) Order 1981. (2) This order shall come into force on the 18th day of February 1981. 2 Interpretation  In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,— The Act means the Marine Reserves Act 1971 Marine reserve has the same meaning as in the Act The reserve means the area constituted as a marine reserve under clause 3 of this order. 3 Marine reserve constituted  The area described in Schedule 1 to this clause is hereby declared to be a marine reserve. 4  [Revoked] Regulation 4 was revoked, as from 18 December 1981, by regulation 2 Marine Reserve (Poor Knights Islands) Order 1981, Amendment No 1 (SR 1981/354). Schedule 1 Clause 3 Description of the reserve http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1981/0016/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM397837#DLM397837 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1981/0016/latest/whole.html#DLM71692#DLM71692 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1981/0016/latest/whole.html#DLM71695#DLM71695 ALL that area containing 2410 hectares more or less in the South Pacific Ocean within a line every point of which is 800 metres out from mean low water mark on the Poor Knights Islands, High Peak Rocks, Sugarloaf Rock and adjacent islands and rocks, as shown on plan numbered MAF 98 deposited in the office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries at Wellington. Schedule 2 [Revoked]  Schedule 2 was revoked, as from 18 December 1981, by regulation 2 Marine Reserve (Poor Knights Islands) Order 1981, Amendment No 1 (SR 1981/354). P G MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council. Explanatory note This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect. This order, which comes into effect on 18 February 1981, sets up the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve. Until such time as the management committee has been consulted as to the giving of a notice setting conditions for fishing, fishing is permitted only on the following conditions:  1. Fishing is permitted only in areas not described in Schedule 2 to the order:  2. No person holding a permit issued under Part 1 of the Fisheries Act 1908 may fish in the area:  3. Persons who may take fish in the area may take only— o (a) Shark, billfish, tuna, mackerel, kahawai, and kingfish, by trolling or by spear; and o (b) Snapper, kingfish, and trevally by floating line or by spear. No other fish may be taken, and no other method of fishing may be used. Once the management committee has been consulted as to the giving of a notice under section 3(3) of the Marine Reserves Act 1971 such fishing is no longer permitted. Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 4 February 1981. http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1981/0016/latest/whole.html#DLM71697#DLM71697

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