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Wildlife Act 1953

Protection of wildlife

7B: Terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates

You could also call this:

"Rules about animals without backbones on land and in freshwater"

The law says some invertebrates on land and in freshwater are animals. You can find a list of these animals in Schedule 7. The Governor-General can change this list by adding or removing invertebrates. You can see the rules for publishing these changes in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

The Governor-General can decide if these changes apply to the whole of New Zealand or just some parts. They can also choose how long these changes last. When the Governor-General makes these changes, it is called secondary legislation. You can learn more about what this means by reading Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 1Protection of wildlife

7BTerrestrial and freshwater invertebrates

  1. The terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates specified in Schedule 7 are hereby declared to be animals.

  2. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council,—

  3. include, in Schedule 7, any terrestrial or freshwater invertebrate not for the time being specified in that schedule:
    1. omit, from Schedule 7, any terrestrial or freshwater invertebrate for the time being specified in that schedule.

      1. Any such Order in Council may be expressed to operate throughout New Zealand or in such part or parts of New Zealand and for such period or periods as may be specified.

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

      Notes
      • Section 7B: inserted, on , by section 3(1) of the Wildlife Amendment Act 1980 (1980 No 17).
      • Section 7B(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).