Pursuant to section 297 of the Fisheries Act 1996, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Principal regulations amended

4 Schedule 1 amended

Schedule
Items substituted or inserted in Schedule 1

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Fisheries (Infringement Offences) Amendment Regulations 2011.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 April 2011.

3 Principal regulations amended

These regulations amend the Fisheries (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2001.

4 Schedule 1 amended

(1) This regulation amends the part of Schedule 1 relating to the Fisheries (Challenger Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986 (SR 1986/224).

(2) The item set out in Part 1 of the Schedule of these regulations is inserted before the first item relating to regulation 2B(8).

(3) The item relating to regulation 2C is omitted and the item set out in Part 2 of the Schedule of these regulations is substituted.

(4) The item relating to regulation 2E is omitted and the items set out in Part 3 of the Schedule of these regulations are substituted.

(5) The item set out in Part 4 of the Schedule of these regulations is inserted after the item relating to regulation 4.

(6) The item set out in Part 5 of the Schedule of these regulations is inserted after the item relating to regulation 4AC.

(7) The item relating to regulation 4F(2) is omitted.

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Part 1
Item inserted in Schedule 1

Provision	Description of offence	Fee ($)
r 2B(3)	Taking or possessing more than the daily limit of blue cod for the Marlborough Sounds Area	500

Part 2
Item substituted in Schedule 1

Provision	Description of offence	Fee ($)
r 2C	Taking or possessing blue cod in breach of the size limits for the Marlborough Sounds Area	500

Part 3
Items substituted in Schedule 1

Provision	Description of offence	Fee ($)
r 2E	Possessing blue cod in the Marlborough Sounds Area or Challenger (East) Area other than in a whole or gutted state	500
r 2F	Taking blue cod from, possessing blue cod in, or possessing blue cod taken from, the Marlborough Sounds Area during the closed season	500

Part 4
Item inserted in Schedule 1

Provision	Description of offence	Fee ($)
r 4AA	Taking finfish from within the Maud Island closed area	500

Part 5
Item inserted in Schedule 1

Provision	Description of offence	Fee ($)
r 4B	Taking finfish from within the Marlborough Sounds Area using a rod and reel line, or a hand line, with more than 2 hooks	250

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

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

These regulations are the Fisheries (Infringement Offences) Amendment Regulations 2011. They amend the part of Schedule 1 of the Fisheries (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2001 that relates to the Fisheries (Challenger Area Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986 (the amateur fishing regulations).

The amendments update and add infringement offences to reflect amendments made to the amateur fishing regulations by the Fisheries (Challenger Area Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations 2011.

These regulations come into force on 1 April 2011.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 3 March 2011.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Fisheries.

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