Num. 68.

3031

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1927.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1927.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Taupo District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of October, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the 8th day of October, 1926, and published in the Gazette on the same day at page 2896, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, and its amendments, and section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1926, defined the district set out in the First Schedule to the said Order in Council (being the district likewise set out in the First Schedule hereto) as being the district in which the provisions of the said section fourteen should apply, and made certain regulations under the aforesaid Acts:

And whereas it is expedient that the said regulations be revoked and the regulations hereinafter enacted be instituted therefor:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the aforesaid Acts, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said regulations made on the 8th day of October, 1926, and all amendments thereof heretofore made (but so that such revocation shall not affect the definition of the said district effected by the said Order in Council):

And with the like advice and consent doth hereby make the following regulations, and doth declare as follows:—

1. The following regulations shall have force and effect only in the waters and places comprised in the district hereinafter referred to and described in the said First Schedule hereto.

2. The following regulations shall come into force on and from the third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

3. The regulations made for the Rotorua Acclimatization District by Orders in Council respectively dated the 27th day of October, 1914, and the 13th day of September, 1926, and published in the Gazette on the 29th day of October, 1914, at page 3876, and on the 16th day of September, 1926, at page 2745, shall continue to be revoked so far as they relate to the waters and places in which the following regulations are declared to have force and effect.

4. The regulations made with respect to the taking of trout or other fish in Lake Roto Aira by Order in Council dated the 10th day of April, 1922, and published in the Gazette on the 13th day of April, 1922, at page 1039, shall continue in force.

5. In so far as any other regulations heretofore made and now in force are inconsistent with or repugnant to the following regulations the same shall be deemed to be subject to the following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. INTERPRETATION.

(1) In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“Minister or his appointee” means the Minister of Internal Affairs or any person authorized in writing by such Minister to act on his behalf for all the purposes of these regulations or any particular purpose, as the case may be:

“License” means a license to fish for trout issued under these regulations:

“Open season” means the period from the 1st day of November in any year to the 31st day of May in the next following year (both days inclusive):

“Close season” means the portion of any year which is not included in the “open season”:

“The district” means the district hereinbefore defined:

“Ranger” means any officer appointed for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908:

“Issuing Officer” means any person authorized to issue licenses under these regulations:

“The special Act” means section 14 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1926:

“The camping-area” includes—

(a) All lands which may be let for camping-sites pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of the special Act:

(b) All lands which may be provided for camping-grounds or on which sites for camping-grounds may be laid out pursuant to subsection (7) of the special Act: