Forests (Code of Ethics for Registered Forestry Advisers) Rules 2022
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Version as at 30 June 2024
Forests (Code of Ethics for Registered Forestry Advisers) Rules 2022
(SL 2022/260)
Forests (Code of Ethics for Registered Forestry Advisers) Rules 2022: revoked, on 30 June 2024, by section 18(a) of the Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 25).
Note
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
These rules are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
These rules are made by the Forestry Authority under section 63ZZM of the Forests Act 1949 on the recommendation of the Minister of Forestry.
Rules
1 Title
These rules are the Forests (Code of Ethics for Registered Forestry Advisers) Rules 2022.
2 Commencement
These rules come into force on 17 October 2022.
3 Code of ethics for registered forestry advisers
As a registered forestry adviser, you will:
(a)
Comply with all relevant law, rules, and regulations. Respect the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi and any obligations arising from it.
(b)
Provide forestry advice according to accepted ecological, environmental, economic, cultural, and wellbeing principles.
(c)
Treat everyone fairly, with courtesy and politeness. Respect cultural sensitivities and diversity.
(d)
Be open and transparent. Provide information and advice that is plain and intelligible.
(e)
Protect people’s health, safety, and/or wellbeing.
(f)
Provide a high standard of service. Maintain confidentiality, exercise diligence, objectivity, and care.
(g)
Recognise, disclose, and actively manage conflicts of interest with the client.
(h)
Promote trust in the profession. Demonstrate and encourage ethical behaviour and high professional standards.
(i)
Keep informed of changes affecting the profession and broader developments, and keep knowledge, skills, and techniques up to date.
(j)
Act only within your areas of expertise and competency.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of September 2022.
Jason Wilson
Deputy Director-General
Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the rules, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These rules were made by the Forestry Authority on 15 September 2022 and are published in accordance with the Legislation Act 2019.
Date of notification in Gazette: 22 September 2022.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the Forests (Code of Ethics for Registered Forestry Advisers) Rules 2022 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.
2 Legal status
A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.
Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.
3 Editorial and format changes
The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.
4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation
Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 25): section 18(a)
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Forests (Code of Ethics for Registered Forestry Advisers) Rules 2022
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