Part 5BFreshwater fisheries
Various restrictions relating to fishing and aquatic life
26ZOOccupier may fish without licence
Subject to this Act, any person who is the lawful occupier of any land may fish on such land or waters within such land without a licence or payment of fee, within the period and upon such terms and conditions, as may be specified in any notice issued pursuant to section 26ZL, or in any
Anglers Notice applying, or in any regulations made under section 48 or section 48A, without being liable to any penalty for so doing.For the purposes of this section, the term lawful occupier includes the owner of the land and any person who has the right to occupy the land pursuant to a written agreement for a period of not less than 6 months; but does not include the manager of a marginal strip.
Every person who claims to be the lawful occupier of any land pursuant to an agreement referred to in subsection (2) shall produce the agreement on demand by a warranted officer or fish and game ranger or at any office of the Department or Fish and Game Council within 7 days of a demand by a warranted officer or fish and game ranger.
Compare
- 1983 No 14 s 74
Notes
- Section 26ZO: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
- Section 26ZO(1): amended, on , by section 28 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).
- Section 26ZO(3): amended, on , by section 17 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 108).