This Part is part of the Fisheries Act 1996 (“the principal Act”).

(1) This subsection inserted the definitions of the terms Dredge oyster, Foveaux Strait dredge oyster and Foveaux Strait dredge oyster fishery in s 2(1) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection amended the definition of the term Quota weight equivalent in s 2(1) of the principal Act.

This section inserted s 59(6A) of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection amended s 67(2) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection inserted s 67(2A) and (2B) of the principal Act.

(3) This subsection amended s 67(3) and (4) of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection amended s 74(1)(b) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection inserted s 74(1)(ca) of the principal Act.

(3) 

• (a) [Repealed]

• (b) This paragraph amended s 74(2) of the principal Act.

(4) This subsection amended s 74(3) of the principal Act.

(5) This subsection amended s 74(6) of the principal Act.

(6) This subsection amended s 74(8) of the principal Act.

This section inserted s 188(5) and (6) of the principal Act.

This section substituted s 191(2)(b) and inserted s 191(2)(ba) of the principal Act

This section inserted s 252(5)(m) of the principal Act.

This section inserted s 368A of the principal Act.

This section amended Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the principal Act.

This section amended Schedule 4 of the principal Act.

This section amended Schedule 8 of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection amended Schedule 9 of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection inserted Part 5 of Schedule 9 of the principal Act.

This Part is part of the Fisheries Act 1983.

This section inserted definitions of the terms Dredge oyster, Foveaux Strait dredge oyster and Foveaux Strait dredge oyster fishery in s 2(1) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

This section inserted s 3A(6) and (7) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

This section amended ss 28P(1)(c)(ii), 28P(1)(d)(ii), 28Q(10)(a), 28Q(10)(b), and 28R(2)(b) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(1) This subsection amended s 28S(1)(b) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(2) This subsection inserted s 28S(1)(ba) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(3) This subsection amended s 28S(9) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(4) This subsection inserted s 28S(11)(ba) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(5) This subsection amended s 28S(11) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(6) This subsection amended s 28S(12) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(7) This subsection amended s 28S(15) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

This section amended s 28V(11) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

This section inserted s 28W(10) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

This section substituted s 67(2)(b) and inserted s 67(2)(ba) of the Fisheries Act 1983.

This section amended Schedule 1A of the Fisheries Act 1983.

(1) The purpose of this section is to provide for the reporting and recording of quantities of Foveaux Strait dredge oysters to be in oyster numbers and not weights, notwithstanding that standard reporting and recording forms, computer programmes, and other documents used across the fishing industry contain references to weight only and not to fish numbers, until such time as—

• (a) Part 4 of the Fisheries Act 1996 is brought into force as a whole; or

• (b) The relevant registers, forms, computer programmes, or other documents are earlier adapted to specifically provide for the reporting and recording of oyster quantities by reference to numbers and not weights, or the chief executive and the particular person concerned earlier agree on an alternative method of reporting or recording oyster quantities.

(2) Where any record, return, or other document prescribed or required or contemplated by the Fisheries Act 1983 or any regulations made under that Act or the Fisheries Act 1996—

• (a) Contains provision for the reporting or recording of fish by reference to weight in kilogrammes; and

• (b) Does not make specific provision for the reporting or recording of oysters by reference to the number of oysters,—

then, in relation to Foveaux Strait dredge oysters, that return, record, or other document is to be read and completed as if the reference to weight were a reference to oyster numbers.

(3) Unless in any case the context clearly otherwise requires, any figure entered on or after 1 April 1998 in relation to a quantity of Foveaux Strait dredge oysters in—

• (a) Any register kept under section 28P of the Fisheries Act 1983; or

• (b) Any form of transfer or lease of quota required by section 28R of the Fisheries Act 1983—

may be entered as, and is to be read as referring to, oyster numbers and not weight, notwithstanding that the relevant part of the register (including any computer printout) or form contains a reference to weight only.

(4) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable in the circumstances of each case, give individual notification of the effect of this section to—

• (a) Every fisher of quota in the Foveaux Strait dredge oyster fishery:

• (b) Every licensed fish receiver who deals with Foveaux Strait dredge oysters:

• (c) Any other person required to make records or returns under the Fisheries Act 1983 or under any regulations made under that Act or the Fisheries Act 1996 in relation to Foveaux Strait dredge oysters.

(5) This section ceases to apply—

• (a) On and from the date that Part 4 of the Fisheries Act 1996 is brought into force as a whole:

• (b) In relation to any particular return, record, register, or other document, on and from such earlier date as—

  • (i) The return, record, register, or other document is adapted to specifically provide for the reporting and recording of oyster quantities by reference to numbers and not weights; or

  • (ii) The chief executive and the person concerned agree on any alternative method of reporting or recording oyster quantities.

• (a) This paragraph amended reg 19(1)(i) of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990 (SR 1990/214).

• (b) This subsection inserted reg 19(1)(iii) of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990 (SR 1990/214).

(1) This subsection inserted reg 2A of the Fisheries (Recordkeeping) Regulations 1990 (SR 1990/219).

(2) This subsection inserted reg 19(2) of the Fisheries (Recordkeeping) Regulations 1990 (SR 1990/219).

• (a) This paragraph amended clause 3(1) of the Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1997 (SR 1997/189).

• (b) This paragraph amended clause 5(1) of the Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1997 (SR 1997/189).

• (c) This paragraph amended in Part A of the Schedule of the Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1997 (SR 1997/189).

• (d) This paragraph amended Part C of the Schedule of the Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1997 (SR 1997/189).

This section inserted reg 13(6) of the Fisheries (Licensed Fish Receivers) Regulations 1997 (SR 1997/291).

The regulations and order amended by sections 25 to 28 may be amended as if the amendments effected by those sections had been effected by Order in Council and not by those sections.