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Conservation Act 1987

Miscellaneous

30: Taking of plants

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"Rules for picking plants in conservation areas"

You cannot take plants from a conservation area unless you have permission. You can get permission under Part 3B of the Conservation Act or the Crown Minerals Act 1991. You might also get permission if you have a lease or licence that was granted before this law started.

The Director-General can let you take plants from a conservation area if they are for traditional Maori purposes. The Director-General will not let you take indigenous plants to make money from their wood, unless it is for traditional Maori purposes. You cannot take indigenous plants from a conservation area to make money from their wood.

If you do not follow these rules, you will commit an offence. The Director-General has rules about taking plants from conservation areas, and you must follow them. You must not take plants from conservation areas unless you have the right permission.

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Part 6Miscellaneous

30Taking of plants

  1. No person shall take any plant on or from a conservation area except—

  2. with the authority of and in accordance with a concession under Part 3B; or
    1. in accordance with an access arrangement under the Crown Minerals Act 1991; or
      1. in accordance with a lease or licence granted before the commencement of this Act; or
          1. pursuant to subsection (5) or subsection (6) of section 24H.

              1. The Director-General may authorise any person to take on or from a conservation area any plant intended to be used for traditional Maori purposes.

              2. Except as provided in subsection (2), the Director-General shall not authorise any person to take any indigenous plant on or from a conservation area for the purpose, or with the intention, of deriving gain or reward, whether pecuniary or otherwise, from its wood.

              3. No conservation management strategy or conservation management plan shall allow or provide for the taking from the conservation area to which it relates of any indigenous plant for the purpose of deriving gain or reward, whether pecuniary or otherwise, from its wood, except—

              4. in accordance with a lease or licence granted before the commencement of this Act; or
                1. pursuant to an authority under subsection (2).

                  1. Repealed

                  2. Every person commits an offence who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of this section.

                  Notes
                  • Section 30(1)(a): substituted, on , by section 32(1) of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).
                  • Section 30(1)(aa): inserted, on , by section 32(1) of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).
                  • Section 30(1)(c): repealed, on , by section 32(2)(a) of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).
                  • Section 30(1)(ca): inserted, on , by section 19(1) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                  • Section 30(1)(d): repealed, on , by section 32(2)(a) of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).
                  • Section 30(4): amended, on , by section 19(2) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                  • Section 30(5): repealed, on , by section 32(2)(b) of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).
                  • Section 30(6): added, on , by section 19(4) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).