Pursuant to section 11(3) of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 (“the Act”), the Minister for Primary Industries, after complying with the requirements in section 11(4) of that Act, gives the following notice.

N o t i c e

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited as the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement (Extension to Negotiation Periods for Canterbury, Southland and Wellington) Notice 2015.

(2) This notice comes into force on 30 November 2015.

2. Interpretation—In this notice:

1. Canterbury negotiation period means the period up to and including 30 November 2015, applying to the Canterbury region, being the period referred to in section 11(2)(b) of the Act, within which the Crown must use its best endeavours to negotiate and enter into a regional agreement that provides for the Crown to meet its obligations in respect of new space for that region.
2. Southland negotiation period means the period up to and including 30 November 2015, applying to the Southland region, being the period referred to in section 11(2)(b) of the Act, within which the Crown must use its best endeavours to negotiate and enter into a regional agreement that provides for the Crown to meet its obligations in respect of new space for that region.
3. Wellington negotiation period means the period up to and including 5 December 2015, applying to the Wellington region, being the period referred to in section 11(2)(b) of the Act, within which the Crown must use its best endeavours to negotiate and enter into a regional agreement that provides for the Crown to meet its obligations in respect of new space for that region.
4. Region has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Act.

3. Extension to Canterbury and Southland negotiation periods—Under section 11(3) of the Act, the Canterbury and Southland negotiation periods referred to in clauses 2(a) and 2(b) of this notice are extended to 30 November 2016.

4. Extension to Wellington negotiation period—Under section 11(3) of the Act, the Wellington negotiation period referred to in clause 2(c) of this notice is extended to 30 April 2016.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of November 2015.

Hon NATHAN GUY, Minister for Primary Industries.