These regulations, which come into force on 10 January 2019, amend the Fisheries (Geospatial Position Reporting) Regulations 2017 (the principal regulations). The amendments, among other things,—
provide additional matters to be notified to the chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries by certain operators and masters of vessels and commercial fishers; and
enable the chief executive to give a direction to certain operators and masters of vessels and commercial fishers if the chief executive considers that the direction is reasonably necessary for the purpose of managing any risks associated with the failure of a geospatial position reporting device to work properly; and
provide that it is an offence for a person to fail to comply with the direction (the penalty for the offence is specified in regulation 9(3) of the principal regulations); and
provide for transitional matters.