NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 42

Vice Regal

Cabinet Office

The Most Noble Order of the Garter—K.G.

Her Excellency the Governor-General has announced that Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint:

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, O.N.Z., K.B.E., of Auckland,
a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of April 1995.

HUGO JUDD, Official Secretary, Government House.

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Departmental Notices

Agriculture and Fisheries

Animals Protection Act 1960

Approval of Code of Ethical Conduct Notice
No. 5409 (100/A1/07)

Pursuant to section 19A (6) of the Animals Protection Act 1960, I hereby give notice that on the advice of the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee, I have approved, on the date of this notice, the code of ethical conduct submitted to me by Dr Nick Van Wijk which is the same as the approved code of ethical conduct of Alexander and Associates.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of April 1995.

JOHN FALLOON, Minister of Agriculture.

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Fisheries Act 1983

Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-off) Notice (No. 2) 1995 (No. 5410)

Pursuant to section 28G of the Fisheries Act 1983, and a delegation made pursuant to section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988, the Regional Manager Fisheries Advisory and Research Services (North) hereby gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-off) Notice (No. 2) 1995.

(2) This notice shall come into effect on the 4th day of May 1995, and shall expire on the 15th day of July 1995.

2. Interpretation—In this notice:

(a) Any reference to Quota Management Area means the appropriate Quota Management Area as defined in the Fisheries (Quota Management Areas, Total Allowable Catches and Catch History) Notice 1986*;

(b) Target species and bycatch species are specified by the way of fishstock codes, being Fishstock Codes defined in the Second Schedule of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990†; and

(c) Methods are specified by way of method codes, being Method Codes defined in the Second Schedule of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 1990‡.

3. Offering a lease of quota in lieu of paying deemed value—(1) As from the date this notice comes into effect, any commercial fisherman who could be required under section 28ZD of the Fisheries Act 1983 to pay the deemed value of any fish that is specified as a bycatch species in this notice, may offer the Director General a lease or sub-lease of the right to take fish, being fish that are specified in this notice as a target species in relation to that bycatch species, as specified in the tables below.

(2) The ratios, as specified, are the amounts of target species which may, in lieu of such payments, be accepted by way of lease or sub-lease in relation to the amount of the bycatch species for which the offer of quota is made, e.g. if a fisher could be required to pay deemed value for 1 tonne of GUR 1 and wishes to offer a lease of FLA 1 then the amount that can be offered is 1 tonne × 0.42 = 0.42 tonnes of FLA 1.

(3) The bycatch species must have been taken while fishing for the target species using the method or any of the methods specified: e.g. in the case of the above example, the GUR 1 bycatch must have been taken using the method of setnetting.

(4) Any offers that relate to bycatch species as specified in this notice must relate to fishing that has occurred in the months of April, May or June 1995 respectively.

4. Revocation—The Fisheries (Bycatch Trade-off) Notice (No. 1) 1995 (No. 5399) appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on 23 February 1995, No. 17 at page 575 is hereby revoked.