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Freedom Camping Act 2011

Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions - Enforcement officers

32: Appointment of enforcement officers by local authorities

You could also call this:

“Local councils pick people to make sure freedom camping rules are followed”

A local authority can choose people to be enforcement officers for this Act. These officers will help make sure people follow the rules about freedom camping.

When the local authority picks someone to be an enforcement officer, they must give that person a written warrant. This warrant is like a special permission slip that says what the officer can do. It tells the officer:

  • What they’re responsible for and what powers they have
  • What kinds of rule-breaking they can deal with
  • Where they’re allowed to work in the local area
  • If they can work on conservation land (but only if the Director-General says it’s okay)
  • If they can work on LINZ land (but only if the chief executive or commissioner says it’s okay)

This way, the enforcement officers know exactly what they’re allowed to do and where they can do it.

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Part 3 Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions
Enforcement officers

32Appointment of enforcement officers by local authorities

  1. A local authority may appoint persons to be enforcement officers for the purposes of this Act.

  2. The local authority must issue warrants in writing to enforcement officers appointed under this section specifying—

  3. the responsibilities and powers given to them; and
    1. the infringement offences and other offences in relation to which they are appointed; and
      1. the local authority areas in relation to which they may act; and
        1. the conservation land in relation to which they may act (being only land in respect of which the Director-General has consented to officers exercising enforcement powers); and
          1. the LINZ land in relation to which they may act (which is only land in respect of which the chief executive or the commissioner has consented to officers exercising enforcement powers).

            Notes
            • Section 32(2)(e): inserted, on , by section 28 of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).