Wildlife Act 1953

Protection of wildlife - Management planning

14E: Conservation management plans

You could also call this:

"Plans to protect and care for special wildlife areas"

The purpose of a conservation management plan is to set goals for managing wildlife sanctuaries, refuges, or reserves. You can think of these plans like a roadmap to help protect and care for these special areas. The plan will help decide how to manage the area to keep the wildlife safe.

When making a conservation management plan, some rules from the Reserves Act 1977 and the Conservation Act 1987 will apply. For example, sections like section 17E, 17G, 17H, 17I, and 17N of the Conservation Act 1987 will be used to guide the plan.

If a plan is for a sanctuary, refuge, or reserve on private land, the Director-General can decide that some of these rules do not apply. Any management plans that were already approved will still be valid under this new section.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > Conservation

14D: Conservation management strategies, or

"Planning to protect New Zealand's wildlife and special areas"

14F: Population management plans, or

"Plans to help manage and protect animal populations"

Part 1Protection of wildlife
Management planning

14EConservation management plans

The purpose of a conservation management plan under this section is to establish objectives for the management of any wildlife sanctuary, wildlife refuge, or wildlife management reserve, or any combination of them.
Nothing in section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977 shall apply in respect of the subject matter of any conservation management plan.
Subject to subsection (4), for the purposes of this section, sections 17E (except subsections (1), (4), and (6)), 17G, 17H, 17I, and 17N of the Conservation Act 1987 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply with respect to conservation management plans.
Where a draft conservation management plan under this section relates to a wildlife sanctuary, wildlife refuge, or wildlife management reserve established on land other than land of the Crown, the Director-General may determine that the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (j) of section 17F of the Conservation Act 1987 (as applied by section 17G(1) of that Act) shall not apply in respect of that plan.
All management plans approved under this Act before the commencement of this section shall be deemed to have been approved under this section.

Notes

Section 14E: inserted, on 10 April 1990, by section 68 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
Section 14E(3): amended, on 25 November 1994, by section 3 of the Wildlife Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 109).