Fisheries Act Commencement Order 2001

2 Commencement of provisions of Fisheries Act 1996

• (1) The following provisions of the Fisheries Act 1996 come into force on 1 May 2001:

  • (a) section 18 (which relates to the Gazette notice process for making new stock subject to the quota management system):

  • (b) section 19 (which relates to the matters to be included in a notice under section 18):

  • (c) sections 75, 75A, and 75B (as substituted by section 26 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 and which relate to the setting of interim and annual deemed value rates for quota management stock):

  • (d) section 113A (as inserted by section 15 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 and which relates to the authority to take fish in foreign jurisdictions):

  • (e) Part 6A (as inserted by section 16 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 and which relates to high seas fishing):

  • (f) section 299A (as inserted by section 27 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 and which relates to the amendment of Schedule 1A):

  • (g) section 362 (which relates to the process for allocating quota for bait):

  • (h) Schedule 1A (as inserted by section 34 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 and which sets out the text of the United Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks):

  • (i) Schedule 11 (which relates to section 362 and lists the species that may be taken as bait).

  (2) Section 342 of the Fisheries Act 1996 (which relates to the calculation and allocation of quota for persons who hold guaranteed minimum individual transferable quota or guaranteed minimum transferable term quota) comes into force on 1 September 2001.

  (3) Section 343 of the Fisheries Act 1996 (which relates to the conversion of quota holdings from the old register to the new register) comes into force on 30 September 2001.