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Fisheries Act 1996

Quota management system - Declaration of quota management system

18: Declaration that new stock subject to quota management system

You could also call this:

"When a new fish stock is added to the quota system, a public notice is made."

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If the Minister decides to add a new stock to the quota management system under section 17B, they must make a public notice. This notice says the stock is now part of the quota management system from the start of the fishing year stated in the notice. The notice is a type of secondary legislation, which has its own publication requirements explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 4Quota management system
Declaration of quota management system

18Declaration that new stock subject to quota management system

  1. If the Minister determines under section 17B to make a stock subject to the quota management system, the Minister must, by notice, declare the stock to be subject to the quota management system on and from the first day of the fishing year stated in the notice.

  2. A notice under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes
  • Section 18: substituted, on , by section 5 of the Fisheries Amendment Act (No 3) 2004 (2004 No 76).
  • Section 18(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
  • Section 18(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).