New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15 Time within which iwi aquaculture organisation may lodge aquaculture agreement

• (1) This section applies if—

  • (a) authorisations for new space have been allocated to the trustee under section 9; and

  • (b) the new space is subject to a reservation relating to commercial fishing.

  (2) The trustee must notify in writing the chief executive of the Ministry of Fisheries as soon as practicable after—

  • (a) the trustee has recognised iwi aquaculture organisations for all the iwi with an interest in the authorisations; and

  • (b) the trustee has determined the entitlements for all those iwi in relation to the regional coastline or harbour to which the aquaculture management area belongs.

  (3) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice, notify in writing the trustee and every iwi aquaculture organisation and the regional council concerned of the receipt of the notice.

  (4) A notice given by the chief executive under subsection (3) has the same effect as if the notice were given under section 165G(2)(a) of the Resource Management Act 1991.