New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

5 Clause A2 of Schedule 1 amended

• Clause A2 of Schedule 1 is amended by inserting the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:

  “backcountry hut means a building that—

  • “(a) is located on land that is administered by the Department of Conservation for conservation, recreational, scientific, or other related purposes, including any land administered under any of the following:

    • “(i) the Conservation Act 1987:

    • “(ii) the National Parks Act 1980:

    • “(iii) the Reserves Act 1977; and

  • “(b) is intended to provide overnight shelter to any person who may visit and who carries his or her own food, bedding, clothing, and outdoor equipment; and

  • “(c) contains only basic facilities, which may include (but are not limited to) any or all of the following:

    • “(i) sleeping platforms or bunks:

    • “(ii) mattresses:

    • “(iii) food preparation surfaces:

    • “(iv) appliances for heating:

    • “(v) appliances for cooking:

    • “(vi) toilets; and

  • “(d) has been certified by the Director-General as being in a location that wheelchair users are unlikely to be able to visit; and

  • “(e) is intended to be able to sleep—

    • “(i) no more than 20 people in its backcountry hut sleeping area; and

    • “(ii) no more than 40 people in total; and

  • “(f) does not contain any connection, except by radiocommunications, to a network utility operator

  “backcountry hut sleeping area means the area of a backcountry hut that contains sleeping platforms, bunks, or beds that are—

  • “(a) within the same room as a food preparation or eating area; or

  • “(b) in a fully enclosed room that is separate from any food preparation or eating area and has—

    • “(i) internal walls that limit the spread of fire; and

    • “(ii) the means of direct egress to outside the hut

  “Department of Conservation means the department of State established by section 5 of the Conservation Act 1987

  “Director-General has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Conservation Act 1987

  “radiocommunications has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989”.