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(1) There may from time to time be appointed under the State Sector Act 1988 suitable persons to be rangers for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Minister may from time to time appoint—
(a) Any suitable person to be a ranger in a part-time capacity for the purposes of this Act:
(b) Any suitable person to be a ranger in an honorary capacity for the purposes of this Act.
(3) A ranger may be appointed under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section for a particular reserve or reserves or area or to exercise his duties generally throughout New Zealand.
(4) The Director-General shall supply to every ranger appointed under this section a written warrant signed by the Director-General or on his behalf evidencing the appointment, and the production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof of the appointment.
(5) Any ranger appointed under this section shall, on the expiration of the term of his appointment, or on the sooner expiry of his appointment by removal from office or resignation, surrender to the Director-General his warrant of appointment and any badge of office that may have been issued to him.
(6) Every ranger appointed under subsection (2) of this section shall be appointed to hold office during the pleasure of the Minister or for such specified term as the Minister thinks fit.
(7) Any ranger appointed under subsection (2) of this section may at any time be removed from office by the Minister for incapacity, neglect of duty, or misconduct, or may at any time resign his office by writing addressed to the Director-General.
(8) No person appointed under subsection (2) of this section to be a ranger shall by virtue of that appointment be deemed to be employed in the service of Her Majesty for the purposes of the State Sector Act 1988 or of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956.
(9) The administering body of any reserve may from time to time appoint any officer or servant of that body, or, if the administering body is a local authority, then any suitable person, whether an officer or servant of that body or not, to be a ranger for the purposes of this Act to exercise his duties in that reserve, and with respect to every such ranger the following provisions shall apply:
(a) He shall hold office during the pleasure of the administering body and may at any time be removed from office by the administering body, or may at any time resign his office by writing addressed to the principal administrative officer or chief executive of the administering body:
(b) The administering body shall supply to him a written warrant signed by the principal administrative officer or chief executive of the administering body evidencing the appointment, and the production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof of the appointment:
(c) He shall, on the expiry of his appointment by removal from office or resignation, surrender to the principal administrative officer or chief executive of the administering body his warrant of appointment and any badge of office that may have been issued to him.
(10) Every member of an administering body of a reserve (not being an officer of the Department) shall, by virtue of his office, be deemed to be a ranger in an honorary capacity for the purposes of this Act during his period of membership of that body, and with respect to every such member the following provisions shall apply:
(a) He shall exercise the duties of a ranger only in or with respect to the reserve controlled by the administering body of which he is a member:
(b) The administering body shall supply to him a written warrant signed by the principal administrative officer or chief executive of the administering body signifying that he is an honorary ranger, and production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof for all purposes that he is an honorary ranger for the purposes of this Act:
(c) On the termination of his membership of the administering body, he shall surrender to the principal administrative officer or chief executive of that body the warrant of office issued to him pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(11) Every constable shall by virtue of his office be deemed to be a ranger appointed by the Minister to exercise his duties generally throughout New Zealand.
(12) Every warranted officer within the meaning of the Conservation Act 1987 shall by virtue of that person's office be deemed to be a ranger appointed by the Minister to exercise duties generally throughout New Zealand.
Subsections (9)(a) to (c), (10)(b), (10)(c) were amended, as from 1 July 2003, by section 262 Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84) by inserting the words “or chief executive”
after the words “principal administrative officer”
. See sections 273 to 314 of that Act as to the savings and transitional provisions.
Subsection (12) was inserted, as from 10 April 1990, by section 92 Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
The references to the “State Sector Act 1988”
in subsections (1) and (8) replaced references to the “State Services Act 1962”
, as from 1 April 1988, pursuant to section 90(a) State Sector Act 1988 (1988 No 20).