New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17 Wild animals on land administered by the Department of Conservation under the Conservation Act 1987 or any other enactment

• (1) The Minister may authorise any officer or employee of the Department or any other person to hunt or kill any wild animal by day or night on land administered by the Department of Conservation under the Conservation Act 1987 or any other enactment, or any land leased to or managed by the Minister; and nothing in section 48 of the Arms Act 1983, or any other enactment except section 47 of the said Act, shall prevent any officer, employee, or person so authorised from hunting or killing any wild animal on any forest road not effectively open at the time for use by the public.

  (2) Every person commits an offence against this Act who wilfully obstructs or hinders or resists the Director-General or any authorised officer or employee of the Department in the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this section.

  Compare: 1956 No 6 s 10A; 1967 No 143 s 4

  Section 17 heading: amended, on 7 July 2010, pursuant to section 5 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 92).

  Section 17 heading: amended, on 1 April 1987, pursuant to section 11(1) of the State-Owned Enterprises Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 117).

  Section 17(1): amended, on 7 July 2010, by section 5 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 92).

  Section 17(1): amended, on 1 April 1987, by section 11(1) of the State-Owned Enterprises Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 117).

  Section 17(1 ): amended, on 1 April 1987, by section 65(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).

  Section 17(1): amended, on 1 June 1984, pursuant to section 77 of the Arms Act 1983 (1983 No 44).

  Section 17(1): amended, on 12 October 1982, by section 6 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1982 (1982 No 26).

  Section 17(2): amended, on 1 April 1987, by section 65(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).