Exclusive Economic Zone (Foreign Fishing Craft) Regulations 1978 Amendment No. 1

1979/212 THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (FOREIGN FISHING CRAFT) REGULATIONS 1978, AMENDMENT NO.1 KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 15th day of October 1979 Present: THE RIGHT HON. B. E. T ALBOYS PRESIDING IN COUNCIL PURSUANT to section 22 of the Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations. REGULATIONS 1.Title and commencement-( 1) These regulations may be cited as the Exclusive Economic Zone (Foreign Fishing Craft) Regulations 1978, Amendment No.1, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Exclusive Economic Zone (Foreign Fishing Craft) Regula tions 1978* (hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations). (2) These regulations shall come into force on the 14th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette. 2. Facilities for observers and enforcement officers-( 1) Regulation 38 (3) of the principal regulations is hereby amended by revoking paragraph (d), and substituting the following paragraph: "( d) Shall provide food and accommodation in accordance with the requirements specified in subclause (3A) of this regulation for each observer or enforcement officer: Provided that the Director-General may exempt any licensed craft or class or kind of licensed craft from any or all of those requirements for such period as he thinks fit." (2) Regulation 38 of the principal regulations is hereby further amended by inserting, after subclause (3), the following subclause: "(3A) For the purposes of subclause (3) (d) of this regulation, every licensed craft while in New Zealand fisheries waters *S.R. 1978/63 Price 15c 2 Exclusive Economic Zone (Foreign Fishing Craft) 1979/212 Regulations 1978, Amendment No.1 "(a) Shall provide a handbasin with hot and cold water (using fresh water where possible) available "(i) Within the cabin occupied by the observer or enforce ment officer, or where this is not practicable, in the general officer accommodation area within easy access of that cabin; and "(ii) Within the toilet area or as near as practicable to the toilet area: "(b) Shall provide private showering or bathing facilities for daily use with hot and cold water available: "(c) Shall have its toilet facilities maintained at a satisfactory stan dard of hygiene and cleanliness: "(d) Shall, where the craft uses soiled toilet paper containers, pro vide such containers with a suitable and secure lid: "(e) Shall provide accommodation at least equivalent to the standard of that provided for the officers of the craft and, if practicable, shall provide bunks in that accommodation at least 1.9 m in length: "( f) Shall provide food at least equivalent to the standard of that provided for the officers of the craft: "(g) Shall provide suitable and accessible storage in which observers or enforcement officers may safely deposit containers of supplementary dry or perishable foodstuffs: "(h) Shall have a satisfactory standard of hygiene and cleanliness maintained in the galley, and shall have those persons engaged in the preparation of food maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene and cleanliness." P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council. EXPLANATORY NOTE This note is not part 0/ the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect. These regulations specify the standards to be observed in a foreign fishing craft in providing food and accommodation on board that craft for a New Zealand observer or enforcement officer. Provision is made for the Director-General to relax the standards in certain cases. Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 18 October 1979. These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. WELLINOTON, NEW ZIW.AND: Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government by P. D. HASSELBEIlO. Government Printer-1979' 30139D-79G