Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Resource Management Act 1991

Aquaculture moratorium

150A: Interpretation

You could also call this:

“This part explains the meaning of important words used in the rules about fish farming in the sea.”

In this part of the law, unless the context says otherwise, there are two important terms you need to know:

An “application” means asking for permission to do aquaculture activities in coastal areas.

A “moratorium” is a special time period. It started on 28 November 2001 and will end on 31 December 2004. However, for some coastal marine areas, the end date might be different. If that’s the case, the government will make an order under section 150C to say when the moratorium ends for those areas.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM235429.

Topics:
Environment and resources > Farming and fishing
Government and voting > Local councils
Previous

150AA: Reference to Environment Court, or

“This law used to let people ask a special court to look at environmental decisions, but it's not used anymore.”

Next

150B: Moratorium, or

“A temporary stop on processing certain requests for sea farming activities”

Part 6A Aquaculture moratorium

150AInterpretation

  1. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    application means an application for a coastal permit for aquaculture activities

      moratorium means the period—

      1. beginning on 28 November 2001; and
        1. ending on the close of—
          1. 31 December 2004; or
            1. in relation to a coastal marine area described in an order made under section 150C, the date specified in the order.

          Notes
          • Section 150A: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Resource Management (Aquaculture Moratorium) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 5).
          • Section 150A moratorium paragraph (b)(i): replaced, on , by section 5 of the Resource Management (Aquaculture Moratorium Extension) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 5).