Part 5ASports Fish and Game Councils
New Zealand Fish and Game Council
26HANational fish and game compliance and law enforcement policy
The New Zealand Fish and Game Council may, in accordance with section 26C(1)(a), develop a national policy that relates to—
- the authorisation of fish and game rangers to issue infringement notices under section 51W(2); and
- the issuing of infringement notices by those fish and game rangers; and
- the exercise of other powers of fish and game rangers used to enforce, or ensure compliance with, this Act or the Wildlife Act 1953 (including any regulations made under those Acts).
The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, approve a policy developed under subsection (1).
If the Minister has not approved a policy under subsection (2),—
- the Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council may not authorise a fish and game ranger to issue infringement notices under this Act (see section 51W(4)(b)); and
- sections 26I(1A), 26R(2A), and 26X(1A) do not apply.
Notes
- Section 26HA: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).