Wild Animal Control Act 1977 No 111 (as at 03 September 2007), Public Act

22 Consultation with authority or person in control of land
  • (1) Despite any other Act, the Minister has exclusive authority to grant, in accordance with Part 3B of the Conservation Act 1987, concessions authorising the holder of the concession to enter any land described in subsection (2) and engage in wild animal recovery operations.

    (2) The land is—

    • (a) Crown-owned land that is—

      • (iii) A reserve under the Reserves Act 1977,—

        • (A) Including a reserve that is controlled or managed by an administering body under any of sections 28, 29, 30, 35, and 36 of that Act; but

        • (B) Excluding a reserve vested in an administering body under that Act or another Act:

      • (iv) A wildlife sanctuary or wildlife refuge or wildlife management reserve under the Wildlife Act 1953:

    (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), Part 3B of the Conservation Act 1987 (except for sections 17O(4) and 17U(3)) applies as if references in that Part to a conservation area were references to—

    • (a) A national park in the case of land described in subsection (2)(a)(ii):

    • (b) A reserve in the case of land described in subsection (2)(a)(iii):

    • (c) A wildlife sanctuary or wildlife refuge or wildlife management reserve, as appropriate, in the case of land described in subsection (2)(a)(iv):

    • (d) Land administered as if it were a national park in the case of land described in subsection (2)(b),—

    and in each case with any other necessary modifications.

    (4) Nothing in this section limits or affects the powers of the Director-General under section 27.

    The original subsection (1) was amended, as from 14 December 1979, by section 8(b) Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 146) by omitting the words using aircraft.

    Part 2 (comprising sections 21 to 23) was substituted, as from 1 October 1999, for the previous Part 2 (comprising sections 21 to 26) by section 9 Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 80).