Fisheries Act 1996

Taiapure-local fisheries and customary fishing

178: Initial consideration of proposal

You could also call this:

"First Look at a Proposal to Change Fishing Rules"

When you submit a proposal, the chief executive looks at it and sends it to the Minister. The Minister talks to the Minister of Maori Affairs and considers some rules in section 176(2) before deciding what to do. If the Minister agrees with the proposal, they tell the chief executive to publish a notice about it in the Gazette. You can look at the proposal for at least 2 months after the notice is published. The notice says where you can send objections to the proposal. If the Minister does not agree with the proposal, the chief executive tells the person who made it that it will not go ahead. The Minister makes this decision after talking to the Minister of Maori Affairs and thinking about the rules in section 176(2). You can also see what happens to a proposal that is sent to the Minister according to section 177. The chief executive follows these steps when looking at your proposal.

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177: Proposal for establishment of taiapure-local fishery, or

"How to ask for a special local fishery to be set up"

179: Notice of proposal, or

"People are told about plans for a new local fishery in the newspapers."

Part 9Taiapure-local fisheries and customary fishing

178Initial consideration of proposal

The chief executive shall refer to the Minister every proposal submitted to the chief executive in accordance with section 177.
If the Minister, after consultation with the Minister of Maori Affairs and after having regard to the provisions of section 176(2), agrees in principle with the proposal, the Minister shall authorise the chief executive to publish notice of the proposal in the Gazette.
The proposal shall be available for public inspection for a period of not less than 2 months after the date of the publication in the Gazette of the notice of the proposal.
The notice shall specify the office of the Maori Land Court in which objections to the proposal may be lodged.
If the Minister, after consultation with the Minister of Maori Affairs and after having regard to the provisions of section 176(2), does not agree in principle with the proposal, the chief executive shall inform the person who made the proposal that the proposal will not be proceeding further as the Minister does not agree with it in principle.

Compare

1983 No 14 s 54D
1989 No 159 s 74