Wildlife (White Pointer Shark) Order 2007

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Wildlife (White Pointer Shark) Order 2007

Note

This order is administered by the Department of Conservation.

  • Preamble

    At Wellington this 26th day of February 2007

Pursuant to section 7BA(2) of the Wildlife Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

1 Title

  • This order is the Wildlife (White Pointer Shark) Order 2007.

2 Commencement

  • This order comes into force on 1 April 2007.

3 Marine species declared to be animals

  • Schedule 7A of the Wildlife Act 1953 is amended by adding

    • “White pointer shark (Carcharodon carcharias)”.

Diane Morcom,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order adds white pointer shark to Schedule 7A of the Wildlife Act 1953, so that the shark is absolutely protected in New Zealand fisheries waters.

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (1979) requires a prohibition on the taking of white pointer sharks. This order implements the prohibition in relation to New Zealand fisheries waters.

This order comes into force on 1 April 2007.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 1 March 2007.