Explanatory note

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

The effect of this order is to bring into force on 1 January 1979 the following provisions:

• (a) Section 9(5) of the National Parks Act 1952 (enacted by section 4(1) of the National Parks Amendment Act 1974), authorising the Governor-General, by Order in Council, to define the boundaries of Fiordland National Park.

• (b) The repeal by section 4(2) of the National Parks Amendment Act 1974 of Schedule 5 to the National Parks Act 1952, which defined the boundaries of the Fiordland National Park.

• (c) The repeal by section 4(3) of the National Parks Amendment Act 1974 of section 3(a) of the National Park Amendment Act 1955, which amended Schedule 5 to the National Parks Act 1952.