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Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2006 (SR 2006/207) Preamble At Wellington this 31st day of July 2006 Pursuant to section 12(1) of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996, Her Excellency the Governor­General, acting on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport and on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
1 2 3 4 1 2 Title Commencement Interpretation Protected area Contents Schedule Protected area Page 1 1 2 2 3 Title This order is the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2006.

Commencement This order comes into force 28 days after the date of its notiﬁ­ cation in the Gazette.

Note This order is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
1 Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2006 Reprinted as at 4 September 2007 Interpretation In this order, ﬁshing vessel means a ship that is capable of being used for ﬁshing.

Positions stated in this order are expressed in terms of the co­ordinates used in the— (a) (b) World Geodetic System 1984.
New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949; and Protected area The area within the territorial sea or internal waters of New Zealand described in the Schedule is a protected area for the purposes of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996 in respect of all ships.
Subclause (1) does not apply to— (a) a ship that is— (i) being used for research carried out by or for the Ministry of Fisheries, as long as the research is carried out without directly or indirectly attach­ ing any of the ship to the seabed, whether by an­ choring or by any other means; or being used for constructing, repairing, maintain­ ing, or servicing the Pohokura gas ﬁeld off­shore platforms, submarine pipelines, and associated off­shore facilities; or engaged in an activity other than commercial ﬁshing and is no more than 9 metres in length: (ii) (iii) (b) a ﬁshing vessel that is being used for setting or lifting nets, setting or lifting long lines, crayﬁshing, or paua or kina ﬁshing, as long as those activities are carried out— without directly or indirectly attaching any of the (i) ﬁshing vessel to the seabed, whether by anchor­ ing or by any other means; and during the hours of daylight.
(ii) cl 3 3 (1) (2) 4 (1) (2) 2 Reprinted as at 4 September 2007 Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2006 Explanatory note Schedule Protected area Area expressed in terms of co­ordinates used in New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949 cl 4(1) that area bounded by straight lines commencing at pos­ All ition 38°58.451′S, 174°17.064′E, then to position 38°58.207′S, 174°17.229′E, then to position 38°54.913′S, 174°15.916′E, then by the arc of a circle of 500 metres radius centred in position 38°54.833′S, 174°16.246′E, to position 38°54.752′S, 174°16.576′E, then by straight lines to position 38°58.261′S, 174°17.976′E, then to position 38°58.703′S, 174°17.677′E, then by the arc of a circle of 500 metres radius centred in position 38°58.577′S, 174°17.370′E, to the position of commencement.
Area expressed in terms of co­ordinates used in World Geodetic System 1984 that area bounded by straight All lines commencing at pos­ then to position 38°58.101′S, ition 38°58.345′S, 174°17.076′E, 174°17.241′E, then to position 38°54.807′S, 174°15.928′E, then by the arc of a circle of 500 metres radius centred in position 38°54.727′S, 174°16.258′E, to position 38°54.647′S, 174°16.588′E, then by straight lines to position 38°58.155′S, 174°17.988′E, then to position 38°58.598′S, 174°17.689′E, then by the arc of a circle of 500 metres radius centred in position 38°58.471′S, 174°17.382′E, to the position of commencement.
Diane Morcom, 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 28 days after the date of its no­ tiﬁcation in the Gazette, declares a speciﬁed area in relation to the Pohokura gas ﬁeld development to be a protected area for the pur­ poses of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996.
3 Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Order 2006 Reprinted as at 4 September 2007 Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notiﬁcation in Gazette: 3 August 2006.

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