Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 10 January 2019, amend the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2017 (the principal regulations). The amendments to the principal regulations include, among other things,—
changing the time frames for the completion and provision of various reports required under the principal regulations:
refining matters that must be included in those reports:
requiring a permit holder to provide a report to the chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries at the start of a fishing trip and another report at the end of the trip:
enabling the chief executive to give directions in certain circumstances when a report of a technical failure is not provided in time:
making changes to the provisions in the principal regulations relating to offences.
The amendments also provide for the transition of the new reporting requirements under the principal regulations (as amended by these amendment regulations).
The following table is a brief summary of when permit holders must comply with the new reporting requirements, based on their total ACE holdings:
Permit holder’s total ACE holding as at 30 September 2017 | | May start reporting from | | Must be reporting from |
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2,000 tonnes and over | | 14 January 2019 | | 1 May 2019 |
180–1,999.99 tonnes | | 1 May 2019 | | 1 June 2019 |
45–179.99 tonnes | | 1 June 2019 | | 1 July 2019 |
24–44.99 tonnes | | 1 July 2019 | | 1 August 2019 |
11–23.99 tonnes | | 1 August 2019 | | 1 September 2019 |
4.50–10.99 tonnes | | 1 September 2019 | | 1 October 2019 |
1–4.49 tonnes | | 1 October 2019 | | 1 November 2019 |
All other permit holders | | 1 November 2019 | | 1 December 2019 |
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 13 December 2018.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.