Resource Management Act 1991

Aquaculture moratorium - Certain coastal permits continued

150G: Certain coastal permits issued in period from 1 June 1995 to 1 August 2003 continued

You could also call this:

"Old coastal permits from 1995 to 2003 are still valid for some marine activities"

If you have a coastal permit that was issued between 1 June 1995 and 1 August 2003, this section applies to you. You must have been using the permit for aquaculture activities, like farming fish or shellfish, in the coastal marine area. This permit is also for any activities related to occupying that area.

When you apply for a marine farming permit or a spat catching permit under section 67J or section 67Q of the Fisheries Act 1983, your coastal permit is given effect to. You do this by applying to the chief executive of the Ministry of Fisheries for a permit over the same area.

If your coastal permit lapsed before 1 August 2003, it is deemed not to have lapsed if you applied for a marine farming permit or a spat catching permit under section 67J or section 67Q of the Fisheries Act 1983 before it lapsed, as stated in section 125.

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150F: No compensation, or

"No compensation means you don't get paid by the government if the aquaculture rules cause you problems."

151AA: Part not to apply to applications to occupy coastal marine area, or

"This law doesn't apply to people asking to use the beach or sea."

Part 6AAquaculture moratorium
Certain coastal permits continued

150GCertain coastal permits issued in period from 1 June 1995 to 1 August 2003 continued

This section applies to coastal permits issued—
in the period beginning on 1 June 1995 and ending with the close of 1 August 2003; and
for the occupation of an area in the coastal marine area for the purpose of aquaculture activities, and for any activity related to that occupation.

A coastal permit is given effect to when the holder of the permit applies under section 67J or section 67Q of the Fisheries Act 1983 to the chief executive of the Ministry of Fisheries for a marine farming permit or a spat catching permit over the same area.
A coastal permit that has lapsed under section 125 before 1 August 2003 is deemed not to have lapsed if, before the coastal permit lapsed under section 125, the holder of the coastal permit had applied under section 67J or section 67Q of the Fisheries Act 1983 to the chief executive of the Ministry of Fisheries for a marine farming permit or a spat catching permit over the same area.

Notes

Section 150G: inserted, on 19 March 2004, by section 7 of the Resource Management (Aquaculture Moratorium Extension) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 5).