Wildlife Amendment Regulations 1997

1997/178

Wildlife Amendment Regulations 1997

Note

These regulations are administered in the Department of Conservation.

PURSUANT to section 72 of the Wildlife Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

1 Title and commencement

  • (1) These regulations may be cited as the Wildlife Amendment Regulations 1997, and are part of the Wildlife Regulations 19551 (“the principal regulations”).

    (2) These regulations come into force on 1 October 1997.

2 Interpretation

  • (1) Regulation 2 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical order, the following definition:

    “Licence means a licence to hunt or kill game issued in accordance with these regulations and a notice in the Gazette”.

    (2) Regulation 2 of the principal regulations is amended by revoking the definitions of the terms adult, child, junior, and young adult (as inserted by regulation 2 of the Wildlife Regulations 1955, Amendment No 12).

    (3) Regulation 2 of the Wildlife Regulations 1955, Amendment No 12 is consequentially revoked.

3 Applicant to furnish particulars

  • Regulation 6 of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the words “and that information shall be set out in the licence”.

4 Requirements for valid licence

  • Regulation 8(1) of the principal regulations (as substituted by regulation 4 of the Wildlife Regulations 1955, Amendment No 12) is amended—

    • (a) By omitting from paragraph (a) the words “regulations 6 and 7”, and substituting the words “regulation 7”:

    • (b) By revoking paragraph (d), and substituting the following paragraph:

      • “(d) Where required by the Minister, a game bird habitat stamp supplied in accordance with the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Stamp Regulations 1993 or with a notice in the Gazette has been affixed to the licence.”

5 Forms and classes of licences

  • (1) The principal regulations are amended by revoking regulation 13 (as inserted by regulation 3 of the Wildlife Regulations 1955, Amendment No 12), and substituting the following regulation:

    “13

    • “(1) Licences to hunt or kill game must be in the forms and for the classes fixed by notice in the Gazette.

      “(2) It is lawful for a society to issue a complimentary licence where this has been approved of by the society, or to issue a licence to any person for either no fee or at such reduced fee as the society may approve when adequate compassionate grounds are shown. The annual report of each society must include a list of persons to whom complimentary licences were issued during the year of the report.”

    (3) Regulation 3 of the Wildlife Regulations 1955, Amendment No 12 is consequentially revoked.

6 Revocations

  • The following regulations are revoked:

    • (a) Regulations 4 and 5 and Schedule 5 of the principal regulations:

    • (b) The Wildlife Regulations 1955, Amendment No 13.

MARIE SHROFF,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 October 1997, amend or revoke those provisions of the Wildlife Regulations 1955 relating to the forms of licences, classes of licences, and licence fees. The Wildlife Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 amended the Wildlife Act 1953 to allow the forms and classes of licences to hunt or kill game, the scope and effect of licences to hunt or kill game, the availability of licences, and the fees payable for those licences to be fixed by notice in the Gazette.

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

Date of notification in Gazette: 28 August 1997.

  • 1 SR 1955/28 (Reprinted with Amendment No 1: SR 1962/199)