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sec.37Quota declaration
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### sec.37 Quota declaration
The chief executive may make a declaration (a quota declaration ) about the total quota entitlement for a fishery or part of a fishery.
A regulation may provide for the proportion of the total quota entitlement allocated for each quota authority for the fishery or part of the fishery.
The total quota entitlement, and the quota entitlement for a quota authority, may be by reference to 1 or more of the following—
an amount of fish;
an amount of effort;
another matter prescribed by regulation.
A quota declaration made under this subdivision is subordinate legislation.
s 37 amd 2003 No. 82 s 18
sub 2006 No. 28 s 12 ; 2019 No. 6 s 33
(sec.37-ssec.1) The chief executive may make a declaration (a quota declaration ) about the total quota entitlement for a fishery or part of a fishery.
(sec.37-ssec.2) A regulation may provide for the proportion of the total quota entitlement allocated for each quota authority for the fishery or part of the fishery.
(sec.37-ssec.3) The total quota entitlement, and the quota entitlement for a quota authority, may be by reference to 1 or more of the following— an amount of fish; an amount of effort; another matter prescribed by regulation.
(sec.37-ssec.4) A quota declaration made under this subdivision is subordinate legislation.
- (a) an amount of fish;
- (b) an amount of effort;
- (c) another matter prescribed by regulation.