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Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011

Administrative and miscellaneous matters - Regulations and miscellaneous matters - Regulations and bylaws

121: Bylaws

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The Minister of Conservation can make bylaws for certain parts of the common marine and coastal area. You need to know these bylaws can be about things like stopping or controlling the use of vehicles, vessels, or aircraft in these areas. The Minister can also set fines of up to $500 for breaking these bylaws. The Minister must be satisfied that the bylaws are necessary for the area and that the objectives cannot be achieved through other laws. You can find out more about what bylaws are and how they are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The Minister can make bylaws to stop aircraft, as defined in section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023, from hovering or landing in certain areas.

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Part 4Administrative and miscellaneous matters
Regulations and miscellaneous matters: Regulations and bylaws

121Bylaws

  1. The Minister of Conservation may make bylaws for any specified part of the common marine and coastal area for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. prohibiting or regulating the use or parking of vehicles in a specified part of the common marine and coastal area:
    1. regulating the use or mooring of vessels in the specified part of a common marine and coastal area:
      1. prohibiting the hovering or landing of any aircraft, as defined in section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023, over or in a specified part of the common marine and coastal area:
        1. prescribing fines, not exceeding $500 in any one case, for the breach of any bylaws made under this section.

          1. The Minister of Conservation must not make any bylaws under subsection (1) unless satisfied that—

          2. the proposed bylaws are necessary for the proper management of the specified part of the common marine and coastal area to which the proposed bylaws relate; and
            1. the objectives of the proposed bylaws cannot be, or are not being, achieved under an existing enactment.

              1. Bylaws under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

              Notes
              • Section 121(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
              • Section 121(1)(c): amended, on , by section 486 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (2023 No 10).
              • Section 121(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).