New Zealand Acts

WHAKATŌHEA CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT 2024 - SECT 27

27 Primary industries protocol

1 The chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries must note a summary of the terms of the primary industries protocol in any fisheries plan that affects the primary industries protocol area.

2 The noting of the summary is—

a) for the purpose of public notice only; and

b) not an amendment to a fisheries plan for the purposes of section 11A of the Fisheries Act 1996 .

3 The primary industries protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, assets or other property rights (including in respect of fish, aquatic life, or seaweed) that are held, managed, or administered under any of the following enactments:

a) the Fisheries Act 1996 :

b) the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 :

c) the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 :

d) the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992 .

4 In this section,—  
"fisheries plan" means a plan approved or amended under section 11A of the Fisheries Act 1996     
"primary industries protocol area" means the area shown on the map attached to the primary industries protocol, together with the adjacent waters.