New Zealand Legislation: Acts

12C Powers of Director-General in relation to deer farms and safari parks

• (1) Any employee of the Department or of the responsible Ministry, who is authorised for the purpose by the Director-General, may, at any reasonable time, inspect any regulated deer farm or any safari park to ensure that it complies with the requirements prescribed by or under this Act.

  (2) The Director-General may recover from the permit holder the following costs in respect of any deer or other wild animal:

  • (a) the reasonable costs of any inspection carried out under subsection (1):

  • (b) the reasonable costs incurred by the Department in controlling any deer or other wild animal that escapes from any regulated deer farm or any safari park.

  (3) Where the Director-General is notified of an escape within 48 hours of its occurrence, he or she may waive, in whole or in part, any costs recoverable in that case under subsection (2)(b).

  Section 12C: inserted, on 25 November 1994, by section 5(1) of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 114).

  Section 12C(1): amended, on 1 July 1995, pursuant to section 6(1)(b) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 31).