Pursuant to section 8 of the Wildlife Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Schedule 1 of Wildlife Act 1953 amended

4 Schedule 5 of Wildlife Act 1953 amended

Order

1 Title

This order is the Wildlife (Canada Goose) Order 2011.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Schedule 1 of Wildlife Act 1953 amended

Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Act 1953 is amended by omitting the item relating to Canada goose.

4 Schedule 5 of Wildlife Act 1953 amended

The item relating to Canada goose in Schedule 5 of the Wildlife Act 1953 is amended by omitting “: on Chatham Islands only”.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on the 28th day after its notification in the Gazette, amends Schedules 1 and 5 of the Wildlife Act 1953. Canada goose is omitted from Schedule 1, which lists wildlife declared to be game. The item relating to Canada goose in Schedule 5 is amended to remove the reference to the Chatham Islands.

The effect of the amendments is that Canada geese cease to be classified as game and become completely unprotected wildlife throughout New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.

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

Date of notification in Gazette: 12 May 2011.

This order is administered by the Department of Conservation.

Wildlife (Canada Goose) Order 2011