Climate Change (Fishing Allocation Plan) Order 2010

  • revoked
  • Climate Change (Fishing Allocation Plan) Order 2010: revoked, on 23 June 2020, by section 278 of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 22).

Reprint as at 23 June 2020

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Climate Change (Fishing Allocation Plan) Order 2010

(SR 2010/134)

Climate Change (Fishing Allocation Plan) Order 2010: revoked, on 23 June 2020, by section 278 of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 22).

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 31st day of May 2010

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This order is administered by the Ministry for the Environment.

Pursuant to sections 70 and 74 of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the recommendation of the Minister for Climate Change Issues and on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Climate Change (Fishing Allocation Plan) Order 2010.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 15 June 2010.

3 Allocation plan issued

The fishing allocation plan set out in the Schedule is issued.

Schedule Fishing allocation plan

cl 3

1 Title

This allocation plan is the fishing allocation plan.

2 Commencement

As provided for in section 70(3) of the Act, this allocation plan comes into force on the day after the date on which it is presented to the House of Representatives.

3 Interpretation

In this allocation plan, unless the context otherwise requires,—

eligible person means a person who was shown on the quota register kept under Part 8 of the Fisheries Act 1996 as an owner of fishing quota on 24 September 2009

unique identifier, in relation to an eligible person, means the unique identifier assigned to that person under the Fisheries Act 1996.

4 Requirements for provision of data and information

(1)

To receive an allocation of New Zealand units under this allocation plan, an eligible person, or a person authorised on behalf of the eligible person, must submit an application that provides the following information:

(a)

the eligible person’s name, as it appeared, on 24 September 2009, on the quota register kept under Part 8 of the Fisheries Act 1996; and

(b)

the eligible person’s holding account number in the New Zealand Emission Unit Register; and

(c)

the eligible person’s unique identifier; and

(d)

any other evidence necessary to establish that the eligible person is eligible to receive an allocation of New Zealand units under this allocation plan.

(2)

The information provided under subclause (1) must be accompanied by a signed declaration that—

(a)

all of the information that has been provided is true and correct to the best of the eligible person’s knowledge and belief; and

(b)

if the declaration is signed by a person other than the eligible person, the person making the declaration is authorised to make the declaration on behalf of the eligible person.

(3)

An application for an allocation of New Zealand units submitted under this clause must be in the form, and be submitted by the date, specified by public notice given by the Minister under section 77(1) of the Act.

5 Allocation of New Zealand units

An eligible person who complies with clause 4 is entitled under this allocation plan to an allocation of New Zealand units calculated in accordance with the formula set out in section 74(2)(c) of the Act, namely—

P = A × (B + C)/(D + E)

where—

P

is the eligible person’s allocation entitlement under the fishing allocation plan

A

is 700 000 New Zealand units

B

is the total quota weight equivalent (expressed in kilograms) of stocks, other than Foveaux Strait dredge oysters, owned by the eligible person on the close of 24 September 2009

C

is the total quota weight equivalent (expressed as a number of oysters) of Foveaux Strait dredge oyster stock owned by the eligible person on the close of 24 September 2009 divided by 9.8

D

is the sum of the total allowable commercial catch (expressed in kilograms) of stocks, other than Foveaux Strait dredge oysters (excluding any quota shown on the quota register kept under Part 8 of the Fisheries Act 1996 as being owned by the Crown), on the close of 24 September 2009

E

is the sum of the total allowable commercial catch (expressed as a number of oysters) of the Foveaux Strait dredge oyster stock (excluding any quota shown on the quota register kept under Part 8 of the Fisheries Act 1996 as being owned by the Crown) on the close of 24 September 2009 divided by 9.8.

6 Total of 700 000 New Zealand units may be allocated

A total of 700 000 New Zealand units may be allocated under this allocation plan.

7 Rounding

A number that results from a calculation made under clause 5 must be rounded to the nearest whole number as follows:

(a)

if the fractional part of the number is less than 0.5 it must be rounded down:

(b)

if the fractional part of the number is 0.5 or more it must be rounded up.

8 Record-keeping requirements

An eligible person to whom New Zealand units are allocated under this allocation plan must retain, for a minimum of 7 years from the date on which the units are transferred to the person, copies of all information submitted by the person with the application for an allocation under this allocation plan.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
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, which comes into force on 15 June 2010, issues a fishing allocation plan under section 70(1) of the Climate Change Response Act 2002. Under section 70(3) of that Act, the allocation plan comes into force on the day after the date it is presented to the House of Representatives.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 3 June 2010.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Climate Change (Fishing Allocation Plan) Order 2010 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 22): section 278