Hon Trevor Mallard
Government Bill
239—1
Explanatory note
1 Title
2 Commencement
Part 1Amendments to Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
3 Principal Act amended
4 Aquaculture decisions must not be made in relation to certain areas
5 Regional council must request aquaculture decision for coastal permit declined or withdrawn
6 Areas excluded from interim aquaculture management area or aquaculture management area
Part 2Amendments to Fisheries Act 1996
7 Principal Act amended
8 New section 186D substituted
186D Request for aquaculture decision
9 New section 186F substituted
186F Aquaculture decisions must not be made in relation to certain areas
Part 3Amendments to Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004
10 Principal Act amended
11 Interpretation
Part 4Amendments to Resource Management Act 1991
12 Principal Act amended
13 Interpretation
14 Restrictions on aquaculture activities in coastal marine area and on other activities in aquaculture management areas
15 Consideration of applications
16 New heading and section 107E inserted
Decisions on applications relating to non-aquaculture activities
107E Decision on application to undertake non-aquaculture activity in aquaculture management area
17 Interpretation
18 New section 165AB inserted
165AB Establishment of aquaculture management areas
19 New sections 165BB and 165BC inserted
165BB Some applications for coastal permits must be cancelled
165BC Certain applications not to be processed or determined until aquaculture management area established in regional coastal plan
20 Provisions about aquaculture management areas
21 New section 165K substituted
165K When applications not to be made or granted unless applicant holds authorisation
22 Schedule 1A amended
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: