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Conservation Act 1987

Infringement offences - Infringement offences - Conservation areas

51S: Other offences in respect of conservation areas

You could also call this:

“Rules to protect conservation areas and what happens if you break them”

You must not enter a conservation area that the Minister has closed under section 13 without permission. You also must not enter a conservation area with a vehicle, ship, or aircraft if it is not allowed. You must follow the rules in section 17O(2) and section 17ZF when you are in a conservation area.

You must not release an animal in a conservation area or let an animal enter one. You must not plant anything or introduce substances that can harm plants or animals in a conservation area. You must not damage historic or natural features in a conservation area.

You must not build anything or construct apparatus in a conservation area without permission. You must not take natural resources like gravel or sand from a conservation area unless you are allowed to. You must not dispose of contaminants in a conservation area or let them spill into one. If you do not follow these rules, you can commit an infringement offence.

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Part 6A Infringement offences
Infringement offences: Conservation areas

51SOther offences in respect of conservation areas

  1. A person must not, without the authority of the Minister or the Director-General,—

  2. enter or remain in a conservation area declared closed by the Minister under section 13; or
    1. enter a conservation area with a vehicle, ship, or aircraft in breach of a prohibition or restriction imposed under this Act; or
      1. contravene or fail to comply with section 17O(2), which requires a person to be authorised by a concession in order to carry out certain activities in conservation areas; or
        1. contravene or fail to comply with section 17ZF, which relates to operating aircraft in conservation areas; or
          1. liberate an animal in a conservation area; or
            1. cause or allow an animal to enter a conservation area; or
              1. plant a plant, or sow or scatter the seed of a plant, or introduce a substance likely to be injurious to plants or animals, in a conservation area; or
                1. interfere with or damage historic or natural features of or in a conservation area; or
                  1. erect a building, sign, hoarding, or structure in a conservation area; or
                    1. construct an apparatus in a conservation area; or
                      1. conduct an activity for which a concession is required under this Act in a conservation area without the required concession; or
                        1. take or remove gravel, sand, stone, clay, limestone, or other similar natural resource other than as allowed by a concession under this Act or by another enactment.

                          1. A person must not dispose of a contaminant—

                          2. into or onto a conservation area; or
                            1. that spills, drifts, or blows into or onto or percolates or washes into or onto a conservation area.

                              1. A person who fails to comply with this section commits an infringement offence.

                              Notes
                              • Section 51S: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).