Conservation Act 1987

Specially protected areas

18AA: Governor-General may confer additional protection or preservation requirements

You could also call this:

"The Governor-General can create a special rule to protect a special conservation area."

The Governor-General can make a special order to protect a conservation area. You can think of a conservation area as a special place that needs to be looked after. The Governor-General makes this order on the advice of the Minister. The order can say that the area is to be used for a specific purpose, like a wilderness area or a sanctuary area. The Minister must check with the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to make sure the name of the area is correct, using a process outlined in the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. The Minister must also tell the public about the plan to make the order. When the Governor-General makes the order, the area must be managed in a way that is consistent with its purpose. The Governor-General can also change or cancel the purpose of the area later on, but they must follow the same process of telling the public and getting advice from the Minister, and section 49 applies to the public notice. The order is a type of law, and it must be published, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 4Specially protected areas

18AAGovernor-General may confer additional protection or preservation requirements

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, declare any conservation area—

  2. to be held for the purpose of a wilderness area, a sanctuary area, or both; and
    1. to have the official geographic name stated in the order.
      1. Before making a recommendation under subsection (1), the Minister must—

      2. refer the proposed name to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa for review under subpart 3 of Part 2 of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008; and
        1. give public notice of the intention to recommend the making of the order that includes the proposed name for the area.
          1. Section 49 applies, with the necessary modifications, to a notice given under subsection (2)(b).

          2. A conservation area declared to be held for the purpose of a wilderness area, a sanctuary area, or both, under this section must be managed in a manner that is consistent with that purpose or those purposes (as the case may be).

          3. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, vary or revoke the purpose, or all or any of the purposes, for which any conservation area held under subsection (1) is held, and the land is to be held accordingly as provided in the order.

          4. Before making a recommendation under subsection (5), the Minister must give public notice of the intention to recommend the making of the order, and section 49 applies with the necessary modifications.

          5. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

          Notes
          • Section 18AA: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Conservation Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 15).
          • Section 18AA(7): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).