Conservation Act 1987

Management planning

17M: Procedure for preparation, approval, review, and amendment of sports fish and game management plans

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"How to make and change plans for managing sports fish and game in New Zealand"

When a Fish and Game Council wants to make a new plan for managing sports fish and game, they have to follow some steps. They prepare a draft plan and then tell people about it by putting a notice in the newspaper. The notice invites people to send in their thoughts about the plan. You can find out more about the types of authorities involved, such as regional councils and territorial authorities, in the Local Government Act 2002. The Council also sends the notice to important people and groups, like the Director-General and iwi authorities. The Fish and Game Council then looks at all the submissions and opinions they receive. They make a summary of what people think about the plan and send it to the Minister, who decides whether to approve the plan or not. The Minister might send the plan back to the Council to make some changes before approving it. The Fish and Game Council can review or change their plan at any time. They have to review the whole plan every 10 years, but the Minister can extend this time if needed. If the Council wants to make a small change to the plan, they can do it in a simpler way.

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Part 3AManagement planning

17MProcedure for preparation, approval, review, and amendment of sports fish and game management plans

  1. Every draft sports fish and game management plan shall be prepared by a Fish and Game Council in the manner provided in subsection (2).

  2. The following provisions shall apply to the preparation and approval of sports fish and game management plans:

  3. the Fish and Game Council—
    1. shall publish a notice of the draft plan either in some newspaper circulating in the area in which the subject matter of the notice is situated or, if the draft is of national importance, at least once in each of 5 daily newspapers published in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, respectively; and
      1. shall give notice of the draft plan to the Director-General and, so far as is practicable, to representatives of the appropriate iwi authorities, and to the appropriate regional councils and territorial authorities within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2002; and
        1. may give such further notice of the draft plan as the Fish and Game Council thinks fit; and
          1. shall, in every notice under this paragraph, invite persons or organisations to send to the Fish and Game Council written submissions on the proposal before the date specified in that behalf in the notice, being a date not less than 40 working days after the date of the publication of the notice; and
            1. shall consult with such other persons or organisations, in such manner, as the Fish and Game Council considers practicable and appropriate; and
              1. shall give full consideration to any submissions and opinion made known to the Fish and Game Council:
              2. every notice under paragraph (a) shall state that the draft plan is available for inspection at the places and times specified in the notice:
                1. from the date of public notification of a draft plan until public opinion of it has been made known to the Fish and Game Council, the draft shall be made available by the Fish and Game Council for public inspection during normal office hours, in such places and quantities as are likely to encourage public participation in the development of the proposal:
                  1. the Fish and Game Council shall give every person or organisation who or which, in making any submissions on the draft, asked to be heard in support of his or her or its submissions a reasonable opportunity of appearing before a meeting of representatives of the Fish and Game Council:
                    1. the Fish and Game Council shall prepare a summary of the submissions received on the draft and public opinion made known about it:
                      1. the Fish and Game Council shall send the draft to the Minister with the summary prepared under paragraph (e) and a written statement of any matters of content on which the Director-General and the Council are unable to agree:
                        1. the Minister shall approve the draft or send it back to the Fish and Game Council for further consideration before approving it.
                          1. The Fish and Game Council may at any time review or amend any sports fish and game management plan.

                          2. Subject to subsection (6), the review of any sports fish and game management plan and amendments shall be dealt with under subsection (2), which shall apply with any necessary modifications.

                          3. The following provision shall also apply in relation to the review of any sports fish and game management plan:

                          4. any sports fish and game management plan may be reviewed in whole or in part:
                            1. a sports fish and game management plan shall be reviewed as a whole by the Fish and Game Council not later than 10 years after the date of its approval:
                              1. the Minister may, after consultation with the Fish and Game Councils affected, extend that period of review.
                                1. Where the proposed amendment of any sports fish and game management plan is of such a nature that the Fish and Game Council considers that it will not materially affect the objectives or policies expressed in the plan or the public interest in the area concerned, the amendment shall be dealt with under paragraphs (e) to (g) of subsection (2), which shall apply with any necessary modifications.

                                Notes
                                • Section 17M: inserted, on , by section 13(1) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                                • Section 17M(2)(a)(ii): amended, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).