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Conservation Act 1987

Infringement offences - Procedural matters

51W: Who may issue infringement notices

You could also call this:

"Who can give out infringement notices under the Conservation Act?"

The Director-General can authorise a warranted officer to issue infringement notices under the Conservation Act. You need to know that the Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council can also authorise a fish and game ranger to issue these notices. The Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council must follow the national compliance and enforcement policy approved by the Minister under section 26HA when authorising a fish and game ranger.

The Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council cannot authorise an honorary fish and game ranger to issue infringement notices. An honorary fish and game ranger is a person appointed in an honorary capacity under section 26FA(2). The Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council must not delegate the power to authorise a fish and game ranger to issue infringement notices.

The Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council can only authorise a fish and game ranger if a national compliance and enforcement policy has been approved by the Minister. If no policy has been approved, the Director cannot authorise a fish and game ranger to issue infringement notices.

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Part 6AInfringement offences
Procedural matters

51WWho may issue infringement notices

  1. The Director-General may authorise a warranted officer, in writing, to issue infringement notices under this Act.

  2. The Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council may authorise a fish and game ranger, in writing, to issue infringement notices under this Act.

  3. The Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council must not authorise an honorary fish and game ranger to issue infringement notices under this Act.

  4. The Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council—

  5. must, in exercising the power in subsection (2), comply with the national compliance and enforcement policy approved by the Minister under section 26HA; and
    1. may not exercise the power in subsection (2) if no such policy has been approved.

      1. The Director of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council must not delegate the power in subsection (2).

      2. In this section, honorary fish and game ranger means a person appointed in an honorary capacity under section 26FA(2).

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