Part 5ASports Fish and Game Councils
New Zealand Fish and Game Council
26FAAppointment of fish and game rangers
The Director may from time to time appoint employees of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council or employees of any Fish and Game Council to be fish and game rangers for the purposes of this Act.
The Director may from time to time appoint other suitable persons to be fish and game rangers in an honorary capacity for the purposes of this Act.
A fish and game ranger may be appointed—
- for a particular region or area or areas or to act generally throughout New Zealand:
- for a particular purpose or general purposes specified in the warrant issued to that person.
Every fish and game ranger appointed under subsection (2) shall be appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years specified by the Director; but may be reappointed.
Any fish and game ranger appointed under subsection (2) may at any time be removed from office by the Director for incapacity, neglect of duty, or misconduct proved to the satisfaction of the Director, or may at any time resign office by writing addressed to the Director.
Every person shall, on ceasing to be a fish and game ranger, surrender to the Director the warrant of appointment, any badge of office, and any article of uniform issued to that person.
No fish and game ranger shall be regarded as an employee of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council by reason only of the appointment of that person under this section.
The Director shall give every fish and game ranger a written warrant, signed by or on behalf of the Director, evidencing the appointment; and the production of the warrant shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be conclusive evidence of the appointment.
Every person who is a constable shall be deemed to be a fish and game ranger.
There may be paid to any fish and game ranger appointed under subsection (2), by the New Zealand Fish and Game Council or any Fish and Game Council, reimbursement of the actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the course of acting as a fish and game ranger, if the Director has given prior authorisation and has subsequently approved the amount of the expenses.
Notes
- Section 26FA: inserted, on , by section 11(1) of the Conservation Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 108).
- Section 26FA(9): amended, on , pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).