New Zealand Legislation: Acts

21 Purpose of this Part

• The purpose of this Part is to—

  • (a) provide for the granting of concessions to authorise wild animal recovery operations on certain land; and

  • (b) apply the provisions of Part 3B of the Conservation Act 1987 for the purpose of granting those concessions; and

  • (c) in applying Part 3B of the Conservation Act 1987, require the Minister to have regard to—

    • (i) the provisions of the Act under which the land concerned is held; and

    • (ii) the purposes for which that land is held; and

    • (iii) the purposes of this Act.

  Section 21: substituted, on 1 October 1999, by section 9 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 80).