Wildlife Act 1953

General provisions - Miscellaneous

71A: Control of dogs

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"Rules about dogs in conservation areas"

When you are in an area managed by the Minister of Conservation or the Department of Conservation, the rules about dogs are controlled by the Conservation Act 1987. This Act has rules about where dogs are allowed, and it says that some areas can be declared as controlled dog areas or open dog areas. You can find more information about these rules in Part 5C of the Conservation Act 1987.

The Conservation Act 1987 also says that some areas are protected and dogs are not allowed, such as wildlife sanctuaries, wildlife refuges, and wildlife management reserves. These areas are declared under section 9, section 14, or section 14A of the Act.

If you want to know more about where dogs are allowed, you can check section 26ZT(e) of the Conservation Act 1987, which has more information about open dog areas.

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Part 5General provisions
Miscellaneous

71AControl of dogs

  1. Nothing in this Act derogates from the provisions of Part 5C of the Conservation Act 1987, which provides for the control of dogs and which, subject to section 26ZT(e) of that Act, authorises the declaration as either a controlled dog area or an open dog area of any part or parts of any land managed and administered under this Act by the Minister of Conservation or the Department of Conservation.

  2. Section 26ZT(e) of the Conservation Act 1987 provides that an open dog area may not include any part of any area declared under section 9 to be a wildlife sanctuary or declared under section 14 to be a wildlife refuge or declared under section 14A to be a wildlife management reserve.

Notes
  • Section 71A: inserted, on , by section 8 of the Conservation Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 14).