(a) From the 1st day of October 1995 and ending on Friday 3rd day of November 1995 (both days inclusive) in any high country waters;

(b) From midnight on Friday 3rd day of November 1995 until midnight on the 30th day of November 1995 (both days inclusive) in any natural or artificial stream and tributary flowing into any high country lake;

(c) From the 1st day of March to the 30th day of April in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Rakaia River and its tributaries above the Lake Coleridge powerhouse, that point more particularly shown by white posts on the South bank in general line with the powerhouse intake pipes on the North bank; provided that this subclause shall not apply to any lakes draining into the Rakaia River above the point specified;

(d) From the 1st day of April to the 30th day of April in any stream and tributary flowing into any high country lake whether artificial or natural;

(e) From the 1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the following year (both days inclusive) in Taylor’s Drain from its source to its junction with the Wairarapa Stream; in the Avon River from the Armagh Street bridge at Hagley Park to the Barbadoes Street bridge; and in the Avon River and its tributaries entering it above the Armagh Street bridge for senior (adult) licenceholders only; in Lake Marion in the Lake Sumner Forest Park; and in St.Annes Lagoon, Cheviot.

(f) From the 1st day of May in any year to the 30th day of September in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Avon River and its tributaries above the Barbadoes Street Bridge to the source; and in the Heathcote River and its tributaries above the Malcolm Avenue Bridge to the source.

(g) From the 1st day of February to the last day of February in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Glenariffe Stream upstream from points marked and signposted, which are located 160 metres downstream from the hatchery release race outfall, to the Road Bridge above the hatchery.

(2) Notwithstanding clause 3 hereof, there shall be a closed season for fishing for quinnat salmon from the 1st day of March to the 30th day of April in the same year (both days inclusive) in the following waters:

(a) The Hurunui River above the junction of the South Branch of that river, or any tributary of that part of that river, including Lake Sumner:

(b) The Waiau River above the junction of that river with the Hope River, or any tributary of the Waiau River:

(c) The Waimakariri River above the white posts at Woodstock, or any tributary of that part of that river or the Kowai River and its tributaries including Hacketts Creek.

(3) Notwithstanding clause 3 hereof, there shall be a closed season for fishing for quinnat salmon from the 1st day of March to the 30th day of September in the same year (both days inclusive) in the Avon and Heathcote Rivers.

5. Authorised tackle (1) No licence holder shall fish for, take or attempt to take, any sports fish except by using a rod and running line.

(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) of this clause when playing a sports fish, a landing net or gaff may be used to secure or land any such fish;

(3) No licence holder shall have, in fishing for, taking or attempting to take, sports fish, or have under his or her control, more than one assembled rod and running line.

(4) No licence holder shall fish for sports fish unless within 15 metres of the rod being used and has the rod under visual observation.

(5) No licence holder when fishing for sports fish shall use:-

(a) More than 2 lures or baits;

(b) Any lead or weight attached below or so as to hang below any lure or bait;

(c) In any water in which only artificial fly fishing is permitted, any additional lead or weight other than the necessary weight of line, cast and fly;

(d) Any artificial fly having more than one hook or having a multiple hook;

(e) Any bait or lure treated with any medicinal or chemical preparation other than;

(i) In the case of artificial fly substances used solely to give buoyancy to such flies; and

(ii) In the case of natural baits, a formalin or other preservative preparation;

(f) Any wire, either plain or twisted, or any gimp trace or cast of a greater thickness than 0.82 mm;

(g) Any wire or gimp trace of a greater length than 1.8 metres.

(h) On or in conjunction with any fly, spoonbait, minnow, or other lure any double or treble hook or other fixed multiple assembly of hooks, any one hook of which has a greater distance than 13 mm between the point and the nearest part of the shank of the hook;

(i) Any unsportsmanlike device or method.

(6) Notwithstanding subclause (5) of this clause, no licence holder in fishing for sports fish shall -

(a) Use any natural lure or bait in any high country waters:

(b) Fish from any boat being mechanically propelled in any lakes except in Lakes Ellesmere, Forsyth, Coleridge, and Sumner at a distance of at least 200m from any person fishing from the shore:

(c) Fish from any boat or flotation device in any high country waters except Lakes Coleridge, Georgina, Lyndon, Pearson, Taylor, Katrine, and Sumner, in which lakes any boat that is not being mechanically propelled may be used:

(d) Use any lure or bait other than artificial fly in Lakes Ida, Little Ida, Catherine (also known as Monck), Sarah, Marymere, or Sheppard:

(e) During the period commencing on the 1st day of January and ending with the 30th day of April in any year (both days inclusive), use in the Rakaia River more than one lure or bait when any weight is attached.

(7) Notwithstanding subclauses (5) and (6) of this clause, any licence holder who hooks a fish other than through the head (defined as those portions of a vertical line immediately behind the operculum of the gills to the snout) shall immediately return the fish alive with as little injury as possible into the waters from which it was taken.

(8) No licence holder shall continue to fish in the Rakaia River above the Lake Coleridge powerhouse, from 1st February to 30th April, both days inclusive, after having foulhooked three sportsfish, even though any such sportsfish may have been returned immediately in accordance with sub-clause 5 (7).

(9) Coarse Fishing:- Notwithstanding sub clauses (2), (3) and (5) of clause 5 and to clause 9 the following special coarse fishing (tench, perch) sub-clauses shall pertain for the Kaiapoi Lakes only for all licence holders:-