Fisheries Act 1996

296K Right of appeal to District Court

• (1) A specified person may, within the period specified in a notice given under section 296H, apply to a District Court for an order revoking the notice.

  (2) On an application under this section, if a District Court Judge is not satisfied that the transfer of any property, rights, or obligations to the chief executive is necessary for the performance or exercise of the functions, duties, or powers for which the approved service delivery organisation is or was responsible, the District Court Judge must—

  • (a) revoke the notice; or

  • (b) revoke that part of the notice that relates to that property, or to those rights or obligations.

  Section 296K: inserted, on 9 September 1999, by section 65 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).