Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2001

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Reprint as at 1 October 2010

Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2001

(SR 2001/188)

Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 23rd day of July 2001

Present:
The Right Hon Helen Clark presiding in Council

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Fisheries.

Pursuant to section 297(1)(h) of the Fisheries Act 1996, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Interpretation

Part 1
Kinds of returns

4 Kinds of returns

5 Catch, effort, and landing returns

6 Catch landing returns

7 Monthly harvest returns

8 Freshwater eel catch effort returns

9 Freshwater eel catch landing returns

10 Paua catch effort landing returns

11 Trawl catch, effort, and processing returns

11A Lining catch effort return

11B Netting catch effort landing returns

11C Lining trip catch effort return

11D Trawl catch effort return

11E Non-fish and protected species catch return

12 Squid jigging catch effort returns

13 Tuna longlining catch effort returns

14 Client details annual update form

15 Licensed fish receiver details annual update form

16 Licensed fish receiver returns

Part 2
Inventory and audit of licensed fish receivers

17 Annual stocktake for purpose of providing annual inventory return

18 Licensed fish receivers must provide annual inventory returns

19 Chief executive may require further annual inventory returns

20 Licensed fish receiver must be audited and provide annual audit reports

21 Licensed fish receiver must appoint suitably qualified person as auditor

22 Contents of audit report

23 Audit reports for multiple premises

24 Licensed fish receiver must sign off audit report

25 Licensed fish receiver must provide rectification report if appropriate

26 Audit report, etc, must be provided to chief executive within 21 days after receipt from auditor

26A Chief executive may grant exemption from requirement to provide audit report

27 Chief executive may waive requirements in certain cases

Part 3
Returns generally

28 Separate returns required for each vessel or method

29 Return books supplied by chief executive

30 Return books must be used for providing returns

31 Return books must be kept on vessel, etc

32 Chief executive may authorise computer printouts instead of standard returns

33 Chief executive may authorise returns to be sent to different place

34 Duplicate returns must be retained for 7 years

35 Inspection of returns

Part 4
Completion of returns

36 Method of entering certain details on return

37 Use of codes for certain entries

38 Further provisions relating to use of codes for certain entries

39 Chief executive may give directions as to manner of completing returns

40 Chief executive may specify different intervals, periods, or dates for completing or providing returns

41 Chief executive may waive requirements in certain cases

Part 4A
Electronic transmission of returns

41A Interpretation

41B Application of this Part

Approval of authorised users

41C Approval as authorised user

41D Obligations on authorised user

Changes to approvals

41E Chief executive may direct

41F Alternative requirements may be specified

41G Failure of electronic software

41H Chief executive may cancel or vary approval of authorised user

41I Application by permit holder to cancel or vary approval

41J Consequences of cancellation or variation of approval

Access identifier

41K Chief executive to issue access identifiers

41L Use of access identifier

Electronic software

41M Requirements for electronic software

41N Approval of electronic software

Part 5
Offences and penalties

42 Offences

43 Penalties

44 Revocation

Schedule 1
Contents of audit report

Schedule 2
Forms

Schedule 3
Codes used in completing returns

Gazette information

Reprint notes

Regulations