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2016/163 Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2009 Amendment Order 2016 Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 11th day of July 2016 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council This order is made under section 12(1) of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protec- tion Act 1996— (a) (b) 1 2 3 4 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport made in accordance with section 12(2) of that Act.
Contents Title Commencement Principal order Clause 4 amended (Protected areas) Page 1 2 2 2 1 Title Order This order is the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2009 Amendment Order 2016.

1 cl 2 2 3 4 (3) Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2009 Amendment Order 2016 2016/163 Commencement This order comes into force on 11 August 2016.

Principal order This order amends the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2009 (the principal order).
Clause 4 amended (Protected areas) Replace clause 4(3) with: In the area described in the Schedule under the heading “Area 7—Cook Strait”, subclause (1) does not apply to fishing vessels that are being used for setting or lifting nets, finfish pots, or rock lobster pots, or for paua, kina, or rock lobster fishing, as long as those activities are carried out— (a) during the hours of daylight; and (b) without directly or indirectly attaching any of the vessels involved to the seabed, whether by anchoring or by any other means; and (c) either— (i) within 200 metres of the low-water mark of the North Island, other than the line of low-water mark between the noticeboard longitude placed at a position 174°37.1280′E and the noticeboard placed at a position in latitude 41°18.2168′S, longitude 174°37.7936′E; or latitude 41°17.7471′S, in (ii) within 200 metres of the low-water mark of the South Island, other than the line of low-water mark between the noticeboard placed at a position longitude 174°12.8337′E and the noticeboard placed at a position in latitude 41°19.8388′S, longitude 174°11.8496′E.
latitude 41°19.5058′S, in Rachel Hayward, for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 11 August 2016, amends the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2009 (the principal order).
There is an area in the Cook Strait that is a protected area for the purposes of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996 in respect of all ships except fishing vessels that are being used in the way described in clause 4(3) of the principal order.

2 2016/163 Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2009 Amendment Order 2016 Explanatory note Clause 4 of this order replaces clause 4(3) of the principal order.
It expands the ex- ception so that it includes fishing vessels that are being used for setting or lifting fin- fish pots or for rock lobster fishing.

It also alters the co-ordinates to accurately reflect the position of the noticeboards mentioned in new clause 4(3) of the principal order.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 14 July 2016.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2016 3