Fisheries Act 1996

Registration of transfers, mortgages, caveats, etc - Administration

126: Chief executive to have use of seal

You could also call this:

"The chief executive has a special seal to sign important documents."

The chief executive has a special seal with certain words on it. You know the seal has the right words because it says 'Registry of Quota, New Zealand' or 'Registry of Annual Catch Entitlement, New Zealand'. The chief executive uses this seal on important documents. When you see the chief executive's seal on a document, it means the chief executive or someone they trust signed or issued it. This is true unless someone can prove otherwise. The seal is like a special stamp that shows the document is official.

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125: Appointment of Registrars, or

"Who gets chosen as Registrars for fisheries"

127: Matters to be shown in Quota Register, or

"What's in the Quota Register"

Part 8Registration of transfers, mortgages, caveats, etc
Administration

126Chief executive to have use of seal

The chief executive must have and use a seal that includes the words Registry of Quota, New Zealand or Registry of Annual Catch Entitlement, New Zealand, as the case may be.
Every document bearing the imprint of the chief executive's seal. and purporting to be signed or issued by the chief executive or a person authorised to sign on the chief executive's behalf is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, deemed to be signed or issued by or under the direction of the chief executive.

Notes

Section 126: substituted, on 1 October 2001, by section 41 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).