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Wildlife Act 1953

Administration - Rangers

38A: Fish and game rangers to be rangers under this Act

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"Fish and game rangers are also rangers under the Wildlife Act."

If you are a fish and game ranger, you are also a ranger under the Wildlife Act 1953. You get to do the job of a ranger anywhere in New Zealand. This means you can do all the things a ranger does, because of your job as a fish and game ranger.

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Part 3Administration
Rangers

38AFish and game rangers to be rangers under this Act

  1. Every fish and game ranger shall, by virtue of his or her office, be deemed to be a ranger appointed under this Act to exercise the duties of a ranger generally throughout New Zealand.

Notes
  • Section 38A: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Wildlife Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 109).