Chatham Islands (Wildlife) Notice 1977

Reprint
as at 1 April 1987

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Chatham Islands (Wildlife) Notice 1977

(SR 1977/106)

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This notice is administered by the Department of Conservation.

Pursuant to sections 6 and 44 of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby gives the following notice.

Notice

1 Title

  • This notice may be cited as the Chatham Islands (Wildlife) Notice 1977.

2 Commencement

  • This notice shall come into force on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Interpretation

  • (1) In this notice—

    Chatham Islands means all the islands comprising the Chatham Islands group

    grey duck means grey duck and any cross of that species with any other species, variety, or kind of duck

    mallard duck means mallard duck and any cross of that species with any other species, variety, or kind of duck.

    (2) Expressions in this notice defined in the Wildlife Act 1953 have the meanings so defined.

4 Certain wildlife may be hunted or killed in Chatham Islands

  • Any person in the Chatham Islands may hunt or kill or be in possession of any grey duck, mallard duck, pukeko, or black swan, subject to the following conditions:

    • (a) grey duck, mallard duck, and pukeko may be hunted or killed or had in possession only during the period from the first Saturday in May to 30 June (both days inclusive) in any year:

    • (b) black swan may be hunted or killed from the first Saturday in May in any year to 31 March in the next year following (both days inclusive) by any person:

    • (c) no person shall hunt or kill grey duck, mallard duck, pukeko, or black swan in any way other than with and by the use of a shotgun:

    • (d) no person shall use live birds as decoys.

5 Black swan eggs

  • Black swan eggs may be taken and held in possession in the Chatham Islands at any time in any year by any person.

6 Eggs and nests of other birds

  • No person shall take or have in his possession in the Chatham Islands the eggs or nests of any grey duck, mallard duck, or pukeko.

7 Weka

  • Weka may be hunted or killed or had in possession at any time in the Chatham Islands in any year by any person.

8 Export of certain wildlife prohibited

  • (1) Subject to subclause (2), no person shall export or take away from the Chatham Islands any grey duck, mallard duck, pukeko, weka, black swan, or black swan eggs which have been taken in the Chatham Islands.

    (2) Any person may, at any one time, take away from the Chatham Islands not more than 6 in all of grey duck or mallard duck, 4 black swan, or 24 black swan eggs, if—

    • (a) the birds or eggs accompany the person taking them away; and

    • (b) the birds or eggs are taken away only during that period when they may otherwise be hunted or killed or had in possession in the Chatham Islands or within 28 days after the expiry of that period.

9 Director-General may authorise export of certain wildlife

  • Notwithstanding clause 8, the Director-General may on application in that behalf authorise the applicant in writing to export or take away from the Chatham Islands such number of grey duck, mallard duck, pukeko, weka, black swan, or black swan eggs as the Director-General may specify and subject to such conditions as he may impose.

    Clause 9 heading: amended, on 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).

    Clause 9: amended, on 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).

10 Revocation

  • The Chatham Islands (Wildlife) Notice 1975 (SR 1975/94) is hereby revoked.

D A Highet,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in the Gazette: 6 May 1977.

Contents

  • 1General

  • 2Status of reprints

  • 3How reprints are prepared

  • 4Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • 5List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

Notes
1 General

  • This is a reprint of the Chatham Islands (Wildlife) Notice 1977. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the notice as at 1 April 1987, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

    Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/ .

2 Status of reprints

  • Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.

    This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.

3 How reprints are prepared

  • A number of editorial conventions are followed in the preparation of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.

4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.

    A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.

    In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint:

    • •omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”)

    • •typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point)

    • •layout of provisions, including:

      • •indentation

      • •position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section)

    • •format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks)

    • •format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”)

    • •position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act)

    • •punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions)

    • •Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •case and appearance of letters and words, including:

      • •format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter)

      • •small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters

    • •schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page)

    • •format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chronological).

5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)