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Freedom Camping Act 2011

Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions - Enforcement officers

33: Appointment of enforcement officers by Director-General

You could also call this:

“The Director-General can pick people to make sure camping rules are followed”

The Director-General can choose people to be enforcement officers for this Act. When the Director-General picks someone, they must give them a written warrant. This warrant tells the officer what they can do and what they’re responsible for. It says which offences they can deal with, and where they can work. They might work on conservation land, in local areas (but only if the local authority agrees), or on LINZ land (but only if the chief executive or commissioner agrees). The warrant is like a special permission slip that explains the officer’s job.

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Part 3 Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions
Enforcement officers

33Appointment of enforcement officers by Director-General

  1. The Director-General may appoint persons to be enforcement officers for the purposes of this Act.

  2. The Director-General 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 conservation land in relation to which they may act; and
        1. the local authority areas in relation to which they may act (being only areas in respect of which the relevant local authority 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 33(2)(e): inserted, on , by section 29 of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).