Subject to these regulations, the Trustees shall have complete discretion as to the issue of entry permits entitling the holders thereof to enter in and upon the Lake and to fish for or take trout or other fish of any kind in or from the Lake.

The following persons shall be permit officers for the purposes of these regulations, namely:

An applicant for an entry permit must—

Entry permits shall be of 4 kinds, namely:

Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1), the Trustees may at any time issue or cause to be issued permits covering periods other than those specified in that subclause.

Every entry permit shall be issued under the hand of a permit officer and shall set out the period for which the permit is granted.

Every entry permit for the purposes of fishing shall generally be in form 1 of the Schedule.

Every entry permit for purposes other than fishing shall generally be in form 2 of the Schedule.

No entry permit shall have any effect or validity until the holder thereof has verified it by signing his usual signature clearly and legibly in the space provided for the purpose on the permit.

Where the form or scope of an entry permit is altered during the currency of a permit already issued, that existing permit may be revoked in the manner provided in regulation 12 and a new permit in the new form issued in substitution.

No entry permit shall be transferable, and no person shall assign, transfer, or make over to any other person any entry permit, or any rights conferred upon him by any entry permit.

Every holder of an entry permit shall on demand produce his permit to the Trustees or any of them or to any warden, stipendiary ranger, constable, officer of the Department of Internal Affairs, or permit officer.

Where, pursuant to section 4(5)(c) of the Act, any entry permit is revoked, notice in writing of the revocation, signed by a Trustee or warden or permit officer, shall be given to the holder of the permit, and the notice may be served either by delivering it to the holder personally or by forwarding it by registered post addressed to the holder at his usual or last known place of abode in New Zealand, and upon service of the notice the entry permit shall become void and of no effect.

Every entry permit holder shall, without affecting any liability he may have incurred for a breach of these regulations, be liable for any damage suffered by any person through the breach.

The production of a duplicate copy of an entry permit signed by a permit officer shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence that the entry permit was duly issued to the person named therein and that that person thereupon became a permit holder within the meaning of these regulations.

If through no fault of his own a person who has paid the prescribed fee for an entry permit is unable to use the permit, or in any case in which there are special circumstances which in the opinion of the Trustees render a refund of the fee advisable, the Trustees may, in their absolute discretion, refund the fee or part thereof to that person. In that event that person shall, before the refund is made, surrender the permit to the Trustees.

If any person to whom an entry permit has been issued under these regulations proves to the satisfaction of the Trustees or their appointee, by such evidence as the Trustees or their appointee require, that the entry permit or copy of the entry permit has been lost or mutilated or has become illegible, then, on payment of a fee prescribed by the Trustees, he may at any time during the currency of the permit obtain from the Trustees or their appointee a copy of the permit certified as being a true copy, and that copy shall be available for all purposes for which the original permit could have been available under the Act and these regulations.

The holder of an entry permit for the time being in force shall be entitled to enter and remain in or upon the Lake for the purposes specified in the permit.

Subject to the Act and to these regulations, the holder of an entry permit for the time being in force authorising him to enter on the Lake for the purpose of fishing who is also the holder of a trout-fishing licence for the time being in force shall be entitled to fish for and take trout in the Lake within the open season during or in respect of which the permit is issued between the first and last days set out in the permit (both days inclusive) or, in the case of a daily permit, on the day set out in the permit.

Every entry permit shall be subject to the special limits and restrictions set out in these regulations or otherwise imposed by law, and, notwithstanding the terms of any permit, the holder shall not be authorised to fish in the Lake during the close season.

Nothing in subclause (2) shall authorise the holder of an entry permit to fish for trout in the Lake in any period during which fishing has been lawfully prohibited pursuant to regulation 30.

Any angler taking any trout from the Lake bearing a tag or distinguishing device shall either cause the trout and tag or device to be delivered to the Conservator of Wildlife at Rotorua or to a ranger under the Taupo Trout Fishing Regulations 1971 (SR 1971/66), or shall forthwith deliver to the Conservator of Wildlife at Rotorua or to such a ranger full particulars in writing of the tag or distinguishing device, the place where and the date when the fish was taken, and, if it is reasonably possible so to do, the weight and length of the fish.

No person shall mark any living trout by attaching thereto a tag or other distinguishing device or by clipping or removing a fin or fins, except with the written consent of the Conservator of Wildlife at Rotorua.

Every person fishing, or in possession of a rod or gear suitable for fishing, in or in the near vicinity of the Lake must, on demand of any Trustee, warden, stipendiary ranger, or constable, or of any person producing a current entry permit,—

The holder of a current entry permit when fishing in the Lake or in possession in or in the near vicinity of the Lake of a rod or gear suitable for fishing must, on demand of any Trustee, warden, stipendiary ranger, or constable, make or give, legibly and clearly, a specimen signature for comparison with the signature of the holder on the entry permit required under regulation 9(4).

No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout between the hours of 11 pm and 5 am.

No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout or in any way injure or disturb trout in any part of the Lake during the close season.

No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout otherwise than with 1 rod and line; but a landing net may be used to secure any trout caught with any such rod and line.

No person shall fish for, take, or kill trout with, or use for the purpose of taking or killing trout,—

No person shall, in fishing for trout, use—

For the purpose of this regulation—

No person shall, in fishing for trout, use any artificial minnow or form of spoonbait in the Wairehu Canal.

No person shall fish for trout by the method of trolling in any part of the Lake demarcated by coloured markers or landmarks, and reference to any such parts shall be incorporated in the entry permit issued under regulation 4.

No person shall on any one day take more than 10 trout, exclusive of trout dealt with pursuant to regulation 27(2), and no person shall continue to fish for trout on any day on which he has already taken 10 trout, exclusive of trout dealt with under regulation 27(2), whether such trout are killed or not:

A notice made under this regulation is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

The notice takes effect on the day after it is published under the Legislation Act 2019 or any later date specified in it.

No person shall take or kill in any manner whatever any trout that does not exceed 35 cm in length from nose to tip of tail, or be in possession of any trout that does not exceed that length:

A notice made under this regulation is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

The notice takes effect on the day after it is published under the Legislation Act 2019 or any later date specified in it.

Every person taking a trout which does not exceed 35 cm in length from nose to tip of tail shall, unless it appears to be affected by disease, immediately return it alive into the water from which it was taken, and if it appears to be affected by disease, or is dead when taken, shall dispose of it by burial to a depth of not less than 15 cm below the level of the surrounding ground.

No person shall take any fish from any net, trap, pound net, or other contrivance used by any person for the purposes of acclimatisation, propogation, pisciculture, or scientific investigation, or for scientific or other purposes pursuant to regulation 50 or regulation 51, or shall in any way interfere with or damage any such net, trap, pound net, or contrivance.

No person shall knowingly fish for, take, kill, or disturb trout within 100 m of any net, trap, pound net, or other contrivance specified in regulation 28.

The Trustees may from time to time, by notice, prohibit the fishing for trout in the Lake or in any specified portion or portions thereof for any specified period or periods.

Any such prohibition may be an absolute prohibition against fishing or may be a prohibition against fishing in any particular manner.

Any such prohibition may in like manner be cancelled by the Trustees.

In the case of an absolute prohibition against fishing in the whole of the Lake, the Trustees shall, on application in writing by the holder of a current entry permit, refund to him a proportionate part of the entry fee already paid, having regard to the proportion of the open season during which the prohibition is in force.

A notice made under this regulation is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

The notice takes effect on the day after it is published under the Legislation Act 2019 or any later date specified in it.

No person shall cause or permit any launch, boat, or other vessel, whether propelled by mechanical power or not, to travel at a speed exceeding 8 km an hour upon the Lake within 200 m of the shore or, except in case of emergency, within 200 m from any other launch, boat, or vessel from which fishing is taking place.

No person shall fish for trout from an unanchored boat in those portions of Lake Rotoaira contained within arcs of circles having a radius of 300 m from the centre of the mouth or mouths of all waters entering or leaving the said lake.

No person shall take on the Lake or use thereon any launch, boat, or other vessel, whether propelled by mechanical power or not, of a greater length than 6 m.

No person shall fish from any launch, boat, or vessel which is within a closer distance than 30 m from any other launch, boat, or vessel from which fishing is taking place.

No person shall—

No person shall sell or expose or offer for sale or buy or attempt to buy or have in his possession for purposes of sale any trout, or any part of any trout, or fish for, take, or kill, for purposes of sale, any trout.

No person shall give or receive any trout in compensation or as a consideration or by way of exchange for anything done, or for any service rendered, or for any materials or things supplied.

No person shall obtain or shall keep in captivity any live trout for purposes of public exhibition, except with the prior consent in writing of the Director-General of Conservation, and except in compliance with such conditions as the Director-General may lay down as to rights of inspection of the fish by wardens or stipendiary rangers and as to the welfare of the fish.

No person in charge of any freezing chamber or smokehouse shall receive any trout for the purpose of freezing or smoking that trout, or have any trout in any freezing chamber or smokehouse, unless he makes or causes to be made correctly in a register kept for that purpose the entries in respect of trout specified in subclause (3).

The person in charge of any freezing chamber or smokehouse shall permit any stipendiary ranger to enter the freezing chamber or smokehouse at all reasonable times and to inspect any trout therein and to inspect and copy any entries from the register.

The entries to be made in accordance with the provisions of subclause (1) are as follows:

No person shall on any one day accept for deposit from any one person, any rainbow trout in excess of the bag limit prescribed by regulation 26.

No person shall give, and no manager or person in charge of a commercial smokehouse shall receive, any trout in exchange or as a full or partial consideration for the smoking of any trout.

No person shall can any trout except in accordance with the provisions of these regulations, and no person shall be in possession of any trout so preserved contrary to the provisions of these regulations.

No fee shall be paid to or accepted by any person, and no consideration shall be given to or accepted by any person, for the canning of any trout.

No trout preserved in any can and no can containing trout shall be sold.

No person shall trade, exchange, give, or receive trout for cans containing trout or for empty cans.

No person shall can trout unless as soon thereafter as may be practicable on the same day the person canning the trout paints in oil paint or engraves on each can clearly and correctly the name of the permit holder who caught the trout, the numbers of his trout-fishing licence and entry permit, and the date and place where the trout was caught.

No person shall deface, obliterate, or alter any particulars painted or engraved on any can which contains trout.

No person shall paint or engrave on a can containing trout any incorrect or misleading information.

No person shall give away or in any way dispose of any can containing trout, unless the can is marked in accordance with the provisions of subclause (1).

No person shall continue to fish on any day when he has in his possession any can containing trout on which the particulars required by regulation 41(1) have not been painted or engraved.

No person shall have in his possession or at his disposal more than 25 kg gross weight of canned trout, the weight to include the weight of cans and their contents.

No person shall post or consign or cause to be conveyed by land, water, or air on any one day a quantity of canned trout exceeding in aggregate weight of cans and contents 25 kg.

Any canned trout shall be deemed to be in possession of the person whose name and licence number and entry permit number are painted or engraved on the can while that person is in any launch, boat, other vessel, or motor vehicle in which the can is found, or in any dwellinghouse, hut, tent, encampment, or caravan of which that person is the sole occupant or one of the occupants and in which the can is found.

No manager or person in charge of any hotel, boardinghouse, or restaurant shall serve, allow or cause to be served, or in any way supply to any guest of that hotel, boardinghouse, or restaurant any meal consisting wholly or in part of canned trout.

No person shall fish for, take, or kill in any manner whatever any species of whitebait, any crustacea of the genus Paranephrops (commonly called freshwater crayfish or koura), or any other fish indigenous to New Zealand, or the ova, young, or fry of any such whitebait, crustacea, or other fish as aforesaid in any stage whatsoever, or intentionally have in his possession or sell any such whitebait, crustacea, or other fish or the ova, young, or fry thereof taken or killed in the district.

No person who has authority under the Maori Land Amendment and Maori Land Claims Adjustment Act 1926 to take koura or indigenous fish shall take them by any method other than the traditional method in use as at the time that Act was passed.

No person shall, without the written authority of the Secretary for Internal Affairs, liberate, or introduce in or into the Lake any indigenous or exotic species of mollusca, crustacea, protozoa, insecta or of annelid nematode, or platyhelminth worm, or any fish or fish ova of any description:

No person shall, without having first obtained an authority in writing from the Secretary for Internal Affairs, or otherwise in accordance with these regulations,—

Every person who commits a breach of subclause (1) commits a further offence if he neglects or refuses to repair the damage to any spawning grounds, or to the bed, bank, or margin of any stream, river, or other water adjacent to any spawning grounds occasioned by the breach when requested to do so by the Trustees.

Regulations 19 to 29, and regulation 47 shall not apply to officers of the Department of Internal Affairs or of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries or to the Trustees taking, fishing for, or catching fish or taking ova for the purposes of acclimatisation or propagation or for scientific or other purposes, nor to any fish or ova in the possession of any such officers or of the Trustees for any of those purposes.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these regulations, the Trustees, or any person authorised in writing in that behalf by the Secretary for Internal Affairs, may, by any method whatsoever, fish for, take, or kill fish or take ova from the Lake at any time, whether during the open season or the close season, for the purposes of pisciculture or scientific investigation, and may have in their or his possession fish or ova taken for those purposes.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these regulations, any officer of the Department of Internal Affairs or any officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries acting in either case in the course of his official duties and with the written authority of the Secretary for Internal Affairs, may take fish in the Lake for purposes of pisciculture or scientific investigations, by the use of narcotic or poisonous matter or liquid or any electrical device to stupify or kill the fish, and may have in his possession fish so taken for those purposes.

Every person commits an offence who does any act in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of these regulations.

Every person who commits an offence against these regulations is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Any warden, constable, or stipendiary ranger who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that any nets, gear, tackle, or other apparatus have been or are being used in any fishing in breach of the Act or these regulations, or that any cans contain fish taken or canned in breach of the Act or these regulations, may seize the same, whether on shore or in any vessel or boat; and, pending the trial of any person on a charge in respect of a breach of the Act or these regulations, the articles seized shall be retained by the Trustees.

Upon the conviction of that person, the articles seized shall be disposed of by delivery to any person appointed by the Trustees to receive the same, or as the court directs, but if the charge is dismissed, or if no proceedings for the offence in respect of which they were seized are taken against any person within 6 months after the seizure, they shall be returned to the person last in possession of the articles.

Where in the discretion of the court forfeiture of gear and tackle used by a person convicted of an offence against the Act or these regulations would be inequitable, and the gear or tackle is of a kind which could lawfully be used by anglers for taking trout in the Lake, the court may recommend to the Trustees the return of the gear or tackle or any portion of it to the person last in possession thereof either immediately or after any stated interval, and the Trustees shall thereupon dispose of any such gear or tackle in accordance with the recommendation of the court. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this regulation, all gear and tackle forfeited under section 84 of the Fisheries Act 1908 shall be disposed of as the Secretary for Internal Affairs directs.