Fisheries (Cost Recovery) Amendment Rules 2016

2016/134

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Fisheries (Cost Recovery) Amendment Rules 2016

Rt Hon Dame Sian Elias, Administrator of the Government

Order in Council

At Wellington this 13th day of June 2016

Present:
Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council

These rules are made under section 263 of the Fisheries Act 1996—

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

on the recommendation of the Minister for Primary Industries made in accordance with section 263(4) of that Act.

Rules

1 Title

These rules are the Fisheries (Cost Recovery) Amendment Rules 2016.

2 Commencement

These rules come into force on 1 July 2016.

3 Principal rules

These rules amend the Fisheries (Cost Recovery) Rules 2001 (the principal rules).

4 Schedule amended

In the Schedule, item 8, replace “Observer coverage to support stock assessment process and conservation services” with “Observer coverage (under the observer programme established under section 223 of the Act) that supports fisheries services or conservation services”.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the rules, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These rules, which come into force on 1 July 2016, amend the Fisheries (Cost Recovery) Rules 2001. The change ensures that the levy imposed under these rules also recovers costs for the new activities to be carried out by observers under the observer programme. Those additional activities were added to the observer programme by the Fisheries (Foreign Charter Vessels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2014.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 16 June 2016.

These rules are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.