Fisheries Act 1996

Quota management system - Generation of annual catch entitlement

67B: Amendments to Schedule 5A

You could also call this:

"The Governor-General can change the fishing rules with the Minister's advice"

The Governor-General can change Schedule 5A from time to time. You need to know that the Minister must recommend these changes. The Governor-General can add or remove stocks from the schedule. The changes take effect at the start of the next fishing year. This applies to the stocks that are being changed. The Minister must talk to people who have an interest in the stocks before making any changes. The Minister must consult with people who are affected by the changes. The changes are a type of law called secondary legislation. You can find out more about secondary legislation in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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67A: Allocation of additional annual catch entitlement in case of underfishing, or

"Getting extra fish to catch if you don't use your full allowance"

68: Minister to create additional annual catch entitlement if total allowable catch increased during fishing year, or

"Minister adds to fishing limits if fish stock increases during the year"

Part 4Quota management system
Generation of annual catch entitlement

67BAmendments to Schedule 5A

The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, amend Schedule 5A by—
adding 1 or more stocks to that schedule:
omitting 1 or more stocks from that schedule.

An Order in Council made under subsection (1) takes effect on and from the first day of the next fishing year for the stocks concerned.
Before recommending the making of an Order in Council under subsection (1), the Minister must consult with such persons or organisations as the Minister considers are representative of those classes of persons having an interest in the stocks subject to the order.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 67B: inserted, on 1 October 2000, by section 24 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).
Section 67B(4): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).