Fisheries Act 1996

Registration of transfers, mortgages, caveats, etc - Administration

129: Registers to be open for inspection

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"You can view and get copies of fishing records for a fee."

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You can look at the registers kept under this Part of the law when you pay the prescribed fee, if there is one, during ordinary office hours. The chief executive must give you copies of all or part of a register when you ask and pay a reasonable charge. You should note that this rule is subject to section 130. The Crown will not pay damages if you lose something or get damaged because of incorrect information in a register or a correct search of incorrect information in a register.

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

129Registers to be open for inspection

  1. The registers kept under this Part must be open for inspection by members of the public on payment of the prescribed fee (if any) during ordinary office hours, and the chief executive must, on request and on payment of a reasonable charge, supply to any person copies of all or any part of a register.

  2. Subsection (1) is subject to section 130.

  3. The Crown is not liable in damages for any loss or damage resulting from any inaccuracy in any search of a register or a correct search of an inaccurate entry in a register, including any search by, or on behalf of, the chief executive.

  4. If the chief executive is satisfied, on the application of any person, that the disclosure of that person's address (as entered in any register) would be prejudicial to the personal safety of that person or his or her family, the chief executive may direct that such information shall not be available for inspection or otherwise disclosed.

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Notes
  • Section 129(1): replaced, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).
  • Section 129(1A): inserted, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).
  • Section 129(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 90(2) of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).
  • Section 129(3): amended, on , pursuant to section 90(2) of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).