Conservation Act 1987

Management planning

17E: Conservation management plans

You could also call this:

"Plans to protect and care for New Zealand's environment and special places"

The purpose of a conservation management plan is to help manage natural and historic resources in certain areas. You can think of it like a plan to protect the environment and make sure people can enjoy it. The plan is used for recreation, tourism, and other conservation purposes.

The Director-General is in charge of preparing these plans when they are needed. If an area does not have a conservation management strategy, the Minister can ask the Director-General to create a plan for that area after talking to the affected Boards.

A conservation management plan can be for areas managed under laws like the Wildlife Act 1953, the Marine Reserves Act 1971, the Reserves Act 1977, the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978, or the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000.

When the Director-General prepares a conservation management plan, they must think about things like concessions and existing plans for freshwater fisheries, sports fish, and game. Nothing in a conservation management plan can go against the rules in this Act or other Acts, or against approved policies.

If a conservation management strategy needs to be changed to include a conservation management plan, certain rules apply. The Director-General must also consider any relevant concessions and existing plans when preparing a conservation management plan.

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Part 3AManagement planning

17EConservation management plans

  1. The purpose of a conservation management plan is to implement conservation management strategies and establish detailed objectives for the integrated management of natural and historic resources within any area or areas referred to in subsection (4), and for recreation, tourism, and other conservation purposes.

  2. The Director-General shall prepare conservation management plans as required by the provisions of any conservation management strategy.

  3. Where an area is not subject to a conservation management strategy, the Minister may require the preparation of a conservation management plan for that area after consultation with the Boards affected; and the Director-General shall prepare such a plan if so required by the Minister.

  4. Any conservation management plan may relate to any area or areas managed by the Department under the Wildlife Act 1953, the Marine Reserves Act 1971, the Reserves Act 1977, the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978, the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000, or this Act.

  5. Nothing in any conservation management plan shall derogate from—

  6. any provision in this Act or any other Act; or
    1. any policy approved under this Act or any other Act in respect of the area to which the plan relates, or any part of that area; or
      1. any provision in any conservation management strategy.
        1. All management plans approved under this Act before the commencement of this section shall be deemed to have been approved under section 17G.

        2. Every draft management plan that, immediately before the commencement of this Act, had been publicly notified by the Director-General but not approved by the Minister is hereby deemed to be a draft conservation management plan prepared under section 17G and may be approved accordingly.

        3. Where it is proposed that a conservation management strategy be amended to provide for a conservation management plan, section 17I(4) shall be deemed to apply to the amendment.

        4. When preparing a conservation management plan, the Director-General shall have regard to any relevant concessions for the time being in force and to existing freshwater fisheries management plans and sports fish and game management plans under this Act.

        Notes
        • Section 17E: inserted, on , by section 13(1) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
        • Section 17E(4): amended, on , by section 49 of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000 (2000 No 1).
        • Section 17E(5)(c): amended, on , by section 6 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 108).
        • Section 17E(9): amended, on , by section 5 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).