Fisheries Act 1996

113C Notification and certification by Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• (1) The Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, give notice of—

  • (a) a global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement; or

  • (b) international conservation and management measures.

  (2) A notice given under subsection (1) must specify where a copy of the constitution of the organisation or a copy of the arrangement or international conservation and management measures, as the case may be, may be obtained.

  (3) The Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade may sign a certificate stating that a specified State is or is not—

  • (a) a State that is a party to the Fish Stocks Agreement; or

  • (b) a State that is a party to the FAO Compliance Agreement; or

  • (c) a State that is a participant in, is a member of, or has accepted the obligations of, a global, regional, or sub-regional fisheries organisation or arrangement; or

  • (d) a State that is a signatory to the Fish Stocks Agreement, and has legislative and administrative mechanisms to control its vessels on the high seas in accordance with that agreement.

  (4) A certificate referred to in subsection (3) is, for all purposes, conclusive evidence of its contents unless the contrary is proved by the production of a more recent certificate issued under that subsection.

  Section 113C: inserted, on 1 May 2001, by section 16 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 (1999 No 103).

  Section 113C(3)(d): amended, on 1 October 2001, by section 18(a) of the Fisheries Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 65).

  Section 113C(3)(d): amended, on 1 October 2001, by section 18(b) of the Fisheries Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 65).