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Fisheries Act 1996

International fishing

113C: Notification and certification by Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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"Notifying people about international fishing agreements"

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The Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade can tell people about global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisations or arrangements by putting a notice in the Gazette. You can get a copy of the organisation's constitution or arrangement from a place specified in the notice. The Secretary can sign a certificate that says if a country is part of certain agreements or organisations, and this certificate is proof of its contents unless someone shows a more recent certificate.

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Part 6AInternational fishing

113CNotification and certification by Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  1. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, give notice of a global, regional, or subregional fisheries organisation or arrangement.

  2. A notice given under subsection (1) must specify where a copy of the constitution of the organisation or a copy of the arrangement, as the case may be, may be obtained.

  3. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade may sign a certificate stating that a specified State is or is not—

  4. a State that is a party to the Fish Stocks Agreement; or
    1. a State that is a party to the FAO Compliance Agreement; or
      1. a State that is a participant in, is a member of, or has accepted the obligations of, a global, regional, or sub-regional fisheries organisation or arrangement; or
        1. a State that is a signatory to the Fish Stocks Agreement, and has legislative and administrative mechanisms to control its vessels on the high seas in accordance with that agreement.

          1. A certificate referred to in subsection (3) is, for all purposes, conclusive evidence of its contents unless the contrary is proved by the production of a more recent certificate issued under that subsection.

          Notes
          • Section 113C: inserted, on , by section 16 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act (No 2) 1999 (1999 No 103).
          • Section 113C(1): replaced, on , by section 22 of the Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 18).
          • Section 113C(2): replaced, on , by section 22 of the Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 18).
          • Section 113C(3)(d): amended, on , by section 18(a) of the Fisheries Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 65).
          • Section 113C(3)(d): amended, on , by section 18(b) of the Fisheries Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 65).