Fisheries (Marsden Bank and Mair Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2018

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  • Fisheries (Marsden Bank and Mair Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2018: revoked, on 29 June 2020, by section 186A(5)(a) of the Fisheries Act 1996 (1996 No 88).

Reprint as at 29 June 2020

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Fisheries (Marsden Bank and Mair Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2018

(LI 2018/97)

Fisheries (Marsden Bank and Mair Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2018: revoked, on 29 June 2020, by section 186A(5)(a) of the Fisheries Act 1996 (1996 No 88).

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 notice is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Pursuant to section 186A of the Fisheries Act 1996, the Minister of Fisheries, after complying with the requirements of that section, gives the following notice.

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Fisheries (Marsden Bank and Mair Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2018.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Marsden Bank and Mair Bank closed in respect of shellfish

(1)

A person must not take any species of shellfish from Marsden Bank or Mair Bank while this notice is in force.

(2)

In this clause,—

Marsden Bank and Mair Bank means all that area of New Zealand fisheries waters enclosed by a line—

(a)

commencing at a point on the mean high-water mark at the base of the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (at 35°50.24′S and 174°29.91′E); then

(b)

proceeding in a north-easterly direction to a point at the seaward end of the Marsden Point oil refinery jetty (at 35°50.21′S and 174°29.95′E); then

(c)

proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy number 18 (at 35°50.32′S and 174°30.44′E); then

(d)

proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy number 16 (at 35°50.54′S and 174°30.94′E); then

(e)

proceeding in a south-easterly direction to the Whangarei Harbour main channel port-hand buoy number 14 (at 35°50.76′S and 174°31.19′E); then

(f)

proceeding in a south-westerly direction to a point offshore (at 35°50.86′S and 174°30.50′E); then

(g)

proceeding due west to a point on the mean high-water mark (at 35°50.86′S and 174°29.65′E); then

(h)

proceeding along the mean high-water mark in a generally north-easterly then north-westerly direction to the point of commencement

shellfish includes all species of the phylum Echinodermata and phylum Mollusca and all species of the class Crustacea at any stage of their life history, whether living or dead.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of May 2018.

Hon Stuart Nash,
Minister of Fisheries.

Explanatory note

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

This notice, which comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, prohibits the taking of shellfish from Marsden Bank and Mair Bank. Under section 186A(5)(a) of the Fisheries Act 1996, this notice is revoked 2 years after it comes into force (unless sooner revoked).

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 1 June 2018.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Fisheries (Marsden Bank and Mair Bank Temporary Closure) Notice 2018 that incorporates all the amendments to that notice 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

Fisheries Act 1996 (1996 No 88): section 186A(5)(a)