New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) No person shall operate a safari park, except pursuant to and in accordance with and under the conditions stated in a permit issued for the purpose by the Director-General.
(1A) The requirement to hold a permit under subsection (1) is in addition to the requirement to hold a permit or licence under section 12, and to complying with section 12A.
(1B) A permit must not be issued under subsection (1) unless the Director-General is satisfied that the requirements of sections 12 and 12A have been complied with.
(2) For the purposes of section 9(2) and of subsections (9) to (11) of section 12, a permit issued under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a permit issued under section 12(3)(a).
(3) The Minister may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, specify those areas or places in which safari parks are prohibited.
(4) Any animal that escapes from its enclosure and strays while being lawfully captured, conveyed, or held in captivity for the purposes of a safari park shall remain the property of the owner if that animal is identified in accordance with an identification system registered under section 3 of the Animal Identification Act 1993 or in accordance with an identification system approved under section 50 of the Biosecurity Act 1993 and approved by the Director-General for the purposes of this Act.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the following provisions apply in relation to any animal that has escaped from a safari park and is on Crown-owned land:
(a) any person acting in the course of his or her duties as an employee of the Department, and any other person acting pursuant to a special or general authority conferred for the purpose by the Director-General, may hunt and kill the animal and dispose of the animal:
(b) no person is required to notify the owner of the animal that it has been killed or disposed of:
(c) no person is required to return the animal to the owner:
(d) the owner shall not be entitled to receive any compensation by reason only of the hunting, killing, or disposal of the animal under the authority of this subsection.
(6) Every person commits an offence against this Act who, while keeping any animal in captivity in a safari park, fails to maintain the enclosures on the land so as to prevent the escape of the animal or so that the enclosures no longer comply with any prescribed specifications.
Section 12B: inserted, on 25 November 1994, by section 5(1) of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 114).
Section 12B(1A): inserted, on 1 October 1997, by section 8 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 80).
Section 12B(1B): inserted, on 1 October 1997, by section 8 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 80).
Section 12B(4): amended, on 7 May 1999, by section 5 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 52).
