Fisheries Act 1996

Taiapure-local fisheries and customary fishing

180: Objections to, and submissions on, proposal

You could also call this:

"Have Your Say on a Proposed Taiapure-Local Fishery"

You can object to or make submissions on a proposal for a taiapure-local fishery. You have 2 months to do this after the proposal is published in the Gazette. You must lodge your objection or submission at the office of the Maori Land Court. You can object to the proposal, make submissions about it, or do both. Your objection or submission must say why you are objecting or making a submission. You must also provide any extra information the Registrar of the Maori Land Court asks for. You can find out where to lodge your objection or submission by looking at section 178(4). The Registrar will tell you what extra information you need to provide. This will help identify the grounds for your objection or submission.

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179: Notice of proposal, or

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

181: Inquiry by tribunal, or

"A special court looks into your concerns about a fishing proposal"

Part 9Taiapure-local fisheries and customary fishing

180Objections to, and submissions on, proposal

Any person or any public authority, local authority, or body specifically constituted by or under any Act, and any Minister of the Crown, which or who has any function, power, or duty which relates to, or which or who is or could be affected by, any aspect of the proposed taiapure-local fishery may, within 2 months of the publication in the Gazette of the proposal, lodge at the office of the Maori Land Court specified under section 178(4)—
an objection to the proposal; or
submissions in relation to the proposal; or
both.

Any such objection and any such submissions shall—
identify the grounds on which the objections or submissions are made; and
be supplemented by such particulars and information as the Registrar of the Maori Land Court notifies the applicant the Registrar of the Maori Land Court considers necessary to sufficiently identify the grounds of the objection or the submissions.

Compare

1983 No 14 s 54F
1989 No 159 s 74