1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Principal Act amended
4 Purpose
5 Arrangement of this Act
6 Leases and licences deemed to be coastal permits
7 Holder of deemed coastal permit to be treated as holder of fish farm registration pending registration by chief executive
8 New section 17A inserted
17A Term of certain leases extended
9 Marine farming permits deemed to be coastal permits
10 New section 20A inserted
20A Marine Farming Permit 364 for Waikato Communal Area
11 Certain spat catching permits deemed to be coastal permits
12 Section 24 repealed
13 Completion of certain matters pending at commencement of Act
14 New sections 25A and 25B inserted
25A Assessment of effect on fishing of applications pending at commencement of Act
25B Information and matters to be considered in relation to applications to which section 25A applies
15 Applications after commencement of Act
16 New sections 26A and 26B inserted
26A Assessment of effect on fishing of applications after commencement of Act
26B Information and matters to be considered in relation to applications to which section 26A applies
17 Order of processing applications and requests for aquaculture decision in relation to aquaculture management area or interim aquaculture management area
18 Interpretation
19 Application for aquaculture decision in relation to interim aquaculture management area
20 New section 42 substituted
42 Aquaculture decisions made after commencement of Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 2011
21 Judicial review of aquaculture decision
22 New section 43A inserted
43A Applications in interim aquaculture management area
23 New section 44 substituted
44 Effect of aquaculture decision in relation to interim aquaculture management area
24 New headings and sections 44A to 44O inserted
Allocation of authorisations to trustee
44A Overview of sections 44B to 44L
44B Notifications of period to negotiate and enter into agreement about 20% space
44C Trustee to notify iwi aquaculture organisations of notice received from regional council
44D Position at conclusion of negotiations
44E Allocation of authorisations to trustee
44F Space to be allocated must be of economic size
44G Allocation of authorisations to trustee in relation to staged developments and harbours
44H Appeal to Environment Court against regional council's decision
44I Application for coastal permits for occupation of space referred to in section 44A(1) subject to reservation relating to commercial fishing for stocks subject to quota management system
44J Time within which iwi aquaculture organisation may lodge aquaculture agreement or compensation declaration if trustee not authorised to enter into aquaculture agreement or provide compensation
44K Time within which trustee may lodge aquaculture agreement or compensation declaration on behalf of all recognised iwi aquaculture organisations concerned
44L When authorisations allocated to trustee lapse
Gazetted aquaculture areas
44M Areas that became aquaculture management areas before commencement of Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 2011 become Gazetted aquaculture areas
44N Further provisions relating to Gazetted aquaculture areas
44O Special provisions in relation to regional coastal plan of Waikato Regional Council
25 New section 45 substituted
45 Status of former deemed aquaculture management areas
26 New sections 47 to 47F substituted
47 Pending applications where moratorium ends on close of 31 December 2004
47A Applications made from 1 January 2005 to 10 May 2006
47B Processing of applications that sections 47 and 47A apply to
47C Some applications for coastal permits must be cancelled
47D Applications for coastal permits for aquaculture activities in deemed aquaculture management area made before but not finally disposed of at commencement of Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 2011
47E Applications for coastal permits for aquaculture activities in aquaculture management area being processed at commencement of Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 2011
47F Processing of certain applications deferred
27 Certain coastal permits granted during moratorium not to be exercised until end of moratorium
28 Preferential right for deemed permit holder to apply to coastal permit for occupation
29 Pre-moratorium and pre-commencement applications for coastal permits not subject to moratorium
30 New sections 50A and 50B inserted
50A Assessment of effect on fishing of applications to which section 50(3) applies
50B Information and matters to be considered in relation to applications to which section 50A applies
31 Section 52 repealed
32 Off-site farms
33 Consent authority may initiate review of off-site farms
34 Transitional provision relating to requirements to keep records and returns
35 New section 56 substituted
56 Restriction on erection of structures in coastal marine area
36 Schedules 1, 2, and 3 added
ScheduleNew Schedules 1, 2, and 3 added
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: