New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Any person who intentionally fails to comply with a prohibition or restriction imposed under section 26 commits an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(2) A person who is entitled to act under a notice issued under section 26(4) is not liable under subsection (1) for any action taken in accordance with that notice.
(3) Wardens may, in accordance with regulations made under section 98, be appointed to promote compliance with any prohibitions or restrictions imposed under section 26.
(4) A warden appointed under subsection (3) has the following functions:
(a) to assist in the implementation under section 26(9) of any prohibition or restriction:
(b) to enter, for the purpose of performing his or her functions, any area of the public foreshore and seabed that is subject to a prohibition or restriction imposed under section 26:
(c) to advise members of the public of prohibitions or restrictions imposed under section 26:
(d) to warn a person to leave an area of the public foreshore and seabed in any case where the warden has reason to believe that the person’s presence in the area contravenes a prohibition or restriction imposed under section 26:
(e) to record any failure to comply with a prohibition or restriction imposed under section 26 in any case where the warden has reason to believe that the failure is intentional:
(f) to report to any constable any failure to comply with a prohibition or restriction imposed under section 26 in any case where the warden has reason to believe that the failure is intentional.
Section 27(4)(f): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).