Biosecurity Act 1993

Exclusive economic zone

162AC: Application of Act to fish and mammals taken in EEZ

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"Rules for fish and marine mammals caught in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone"

When you catch fish or marine mammals in the Exclusive Economic Zone and they are on a foreign licensed vessel, a vessel registered under the Fisheries Act 1996, or a vessel operated by the Crown, they are treated as if they were not imported goods. You need to know what fish and marine mammals mean in this context. The meaning of fish is defined in section 2 of the Fisheries Act 1996 and the meaning of marine mammal is defined in section 2 of the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978.

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Part 8AExclusive economic zone

162ACApplication of Act to fish and mammals taken in EEZ

  1. Fish and marine mammals taken in the EEZ and carried on board a foreign licensed vessel, a vessel registered under the Fisheries Act 1996, or a vessel operated by the Crown are treated for the purposes of this Act as if they were not imported goods.

  2. In subsection (1),—

    fish has the meaning given to it by section 2 of the Fisheries Act 1996

      marine mammal has the meaning given to it by section 2 of the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978.

      Notes
      • Section 162AC: inserted, on , by section 73 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).