New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(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—
(i) a conservation area, or deemed to be a conservation area, under the Conservation Act 1987:
(ii) a national park under the National Parks Act 1980:
(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:
(b) other land to which the National Parks Act 1980 is applied as if the land were a national park.
(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.
Section 22: substituted, on 1 October 1999, by section 9 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 80).
