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Declaration of Reservation of Land

Publication Date
25 Jun 2015

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Crown Minerals Act Business, Innovation and Employment Continental Shelf Act Permits

Notice Number

2015-ln3600

Page Number

1298

Issue Number

69
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Pursuant to section 28A of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 and section 5AA of the Continental Shelf Act 1964, the Minister of Energy and Resources declares that permits for minerals other than petroleum will not be granted, or extended, in relation to the seabed or subsoil of the continental shelf (“land”) specified in the Schedule below.

Pursuant to section 28A(4) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, this declaration does not affect any:

  1. permit applications received before this declaration was published; or
  2. permit granted before this declaration was published; or
  3. right under section 32 of the holder of a permit described in paragraph (b) to be granted a subsequent permit.

This declaration has effect on and from 5 July 2015 to 4 July 2017.

Schedule

The Land to Which the Reservation Relates

Land Area: 412,691 square kilometres.

Description of Land Area

All that area of land as bounded by straight lines between the geographical coordinates (NZGD 2000) commencing at a point:

Point

Latitude

Longitude

 

 1

36°00′00″S

180°00′00″E

then west to

 2

36°00′00″S

179°00′00″E

then south to

 3

37°00′00″S

179°00′00″E

then west to

 4

37°00′00″S

178°00′00″E

then south to

 5

37°20′01.2761″S

178°00′00″E

then north-west along the Territorial Sea Boundary to

 6

36°20′06.7664″S

176°00′00″E

then north to

 7

35°00′00″S

176°00′00″E

then east to

 8

35°00′00″S

177°00′00″E

then north to

 9

34°00′00″S

177°00′00″E

then east to

10

34°00′00″S

178°00′00″E

then north to

11

33°27′36.6511″S

178°00′00″E

then along the boundary of the EEZ to

12

33°19′42.3214″S

178°00′00″E

then north to

13

32°00′00″S

178°00′00″E

then east to

14

32°00′00″S

179°00′00″E

then north to

15

27°14′05.8142″S

179°00′00″E

then north-east along the boundary of the EEZ to

16

27°00′02.2223″S

179°13′15.6940″E

then east to

17

27°00′00″S

180°00′00″E

then north to

18

26°25′17.4183″S

180°00′00″E

then north-east along the boundary of the EEZ to

19

25°59′20.4286″S

178°51′31.4471″W

then east to

20

25°54′18.4218″S

177°29′34.3358″W

then south-east along the boundary of the EEZ to

21

26°19′50.5310″S

176°00′00″W

then south to

22

27°00′00″S

176°00′00″W

then west to

23

27°00′00″S

177°00′00″W

then south to

24

30°00′00″S

177°00′00″W

then west to

25

30°00′00″S

178°00′00″W

then south to

26

33°00′00″S

178°00′00″W

then west to

27

33°00′00″S

179°00′00″W

then south to

28

34°00′00″S

179°00′00″W

then west to

29

34°00′00″S

180°00′00″W

then south to point of commencement


A map of the reserved area of land is available at the New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals website

www.nzpam.govt.nz

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of May 2015.

Hon SIMON BRIDGES, Minister of Energy and Resources.