Crown Minerals (Prohibition of Granting or Extending Permits) Declaration 2017

This declaration is issued pursuant to section 28A of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 and declares that permits other than petroleum will not be granted, or extended, in relation to specified land during the specified period.

Notice

1. Title—This notice is the Crown Minerals (Prohibition of Granting or Extending Permits) Declaration 2017.

2. Commencement—This notice commences on 5 July 2017.

3. Application—This notice applies to the specified permits, during the specified period, in relation to the seabed or subsoil of the land area described in the Schedule to this notice.

4. Interpretation—(1) In this notice, unless the context requires otherwise:

specified period means the period 5 July 2017 to 4 July 2019.

specified permits means all permits for minerals other than petroleum.

(2) Words used but not defined in this notice have the same meaning as words defined in the Crown Minerals Act 1991.

5. Declaration—The specified permits will not be granted, or extended, during the specified period in relation to the seabed or subsoil of the land area described in the Schedule to this notice.

Schedule

Description of Land Area A

For ‘Reservation A’ all that area of land as bounded by straight lines between the geographical coordinates (NZGD 2000) commencing at a point:

Reservation A

Point	Latitude	Longitude	Turnings
1	34° 19′ 45.339″ S	179° 22′ 20.374″ E	then south-east to
2	34° 31′ 41.392″ S	180° 0′ 0.000″ E	then south to
3	36° 0′ 0.000″ S	180° 0′ 0.000″ E	then west to
4	36° 0′ 0.000″ S	179° 0′ 0.000″ E	then south to
5	37° 0′ 0.000″ S	179° 0′ 0.000″ E	then west to
6	37° 0′ 0.000″ S	178° 0′ 0.000″ E	then south to
7	37° 20′ 1.276″ S	178° 0′ 0.000″ E	then west along the Territorial Sea Boundary to
8	36° 20′ 6.766″ S	176° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north to
9	35° 0′ 0.000″ S	176° 0′ 0.000″ E	then east to
10	35° 0′ 0.000″ S	177° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north to
11	34° 0′ 0.000″ S	177° 0′ 0.000″ E	then east to
12	34° 0′ 0.000″ S	178° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north to
13	33° 27′ 36.653″ S	178° 0′ 0.000″ E	then south-east along the boundary of the EEZ to the point of commencement.

Description of Land Area B

For ‘Reservation B’ all that area of land as bounded by straight lines between the geographical coordinates (NZGD 2000) commencing at a point:

Reservation B

Point	Latitude	Longitude	Turnings
1	34° 31′ 41.392″ S	180° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north-west to
2	34° 19′ 45.339″ S	179° 22′ 20.374″ E	then along the boundary of the EEZ to
3	33° 19′ 42.321″ S	178° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north to
4	32° 0′ 0.000″ S	178° 0′ 0.000″ E	then east to
5	32° 0′ 0.000″ S	179° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north to
6	27° 14′ 5.814″ S	179° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north-east along the boundary of the EEZ to
7	27° 0′ 2.222″ S	179° 13′ 15.694″ E	then east to
8	27° 0′ 0.000″ S	180° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north to
9	26° 25′ 17.418″ S	180° 0′ 0.000″ E	then north-east along the boundary of the EEZ to
10	25° 59′ 20.429″ S	178° 51′ 31.447″ W	then east to
11	25° 54′ 18.422″ S	177° 29′ 34.336″ W	then south-east along the boundary of the EEZ to
12	26° 19′ 50.531″ S	176° 0′ 0.000″ W	then south to
13	27° 0′ 0.000″ S	176° 0′ 0.000″ W	then west to
14	27° 0′ 0.000″ S	177° 0′ 0.000″ W	then south to
15	30° 0′ 0.000″ S	177° 0′ 0.000″ W	then west to
16	30° 0′ 0.000″ S	178° 0′ 0.000″ W	then south to
17	33° 0′ 0.000″ S	178° 0′ 0.000″ W	then west to
18	33° 0′ 0.000″ S	179° 0′ 0.000″ W	then south to
19	34° 0′ 0.000″ S	179° 0′ 0.000″ W	then west to
20	34° 0′ 0.000″ S	180° 0′ 0.000″ W	then south to the point of commencement.

Issued at Wellington this 31st day of May 2017.

Hon SIMON BRIDGES, Minister for Economic Development (acting under delegated authority).

Note: A map of the reserved area of land is available at the New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals website: www.nzpam.govt.nz.