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National Parks Act 1980

1: Short Title and commencement

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This law is called the National Parks Act 1980. You can use this name when you need to talk about it. The law started working on 1 April 1981. This means that from that day, people had to follow the rules in this law about national parks in New Zealand.

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"Words and their meanings in the National Parks Act"

1Short Title and commencement

  1. This Act may be cited as the National Parks Act 1980.

  2. This Act shall come into force on 1 April 1981.