Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Act 1977 No 102 (as at 03 September 2007), Public Act

17 Bylaws
  • (1) The Board may from time to time make bylaws, not inconsistent with this Act or with any other enactment, for all or any of the following purposes:

    • (a) Providing for the protection, preservation, management, and use of Trust land:

    • (b) Controlling, restricting, or prohibiting the entry of animals, or specified classes of animals, on Trust land:

    • (c) Controlling, restricting, or prohibiting the admission of persons to Trust land, and prescribing charges that shall be payable to the Trust for such admission:

    • (d) Controlling, restricting, or prohibiting the entry of vehicles, vessels, and aircraft on Trust land:

    • (e) Regulating the conduct of persons on Trust land:

    • (f) Providing that any breach of a bylaw shall be an offence, and imposing fines not exceeding $2,000 for such offences:

    • (g) Generally regulating the use of Trust land, and providing for the preservation of order and the prevention of fires and nuisances on Trust land, and the safety of persons using Trust land.

    (2) No bylaw may be made under this section in derogation of the rights of any person having any legal or equitable interest in any Trust land to which the bylaw relates.

    (3) Any bylaw made under this section may be expressed to apply to all or any specified Trust land in respect of which bylaws may be made.

    (4) Notice in writing of every proposed resolution to make bylaws under this section or for the amendment or revocation of any bylaw so made (including a copy of the proposed bylaws, amendment, or revocation) shall be given to every director for the time being in New Zealand, not less than 21 days before the meeting at which the proposal is to be moved, but an inadvertent failure to comply with this subsection shall not invalidate the making, amendment, or revocation of any bylaw at that meeting.

    (5) No bylaws made under this section shall come into effect unless—

    • (a) They have been approved by the Minister; and

    • (b) The bylaws, as approved by the Minister, have been published by the Board in the Gazette.

    (6) All bylaws made under this section shall, after they have been approved by the Minister, be notified by an advertisement as to their nature in at least 2 newspapers circulating in every locality in which any Trust land to which they relate is situated.

    Subsection (1)(f) was amended, as from 12 June 1991, by section 10 Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37) by substituting the expression $2,000 for the expression $200.