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Freedom Camping Act 2011

Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions - Enforcement officers

36: Enforcement officers may require certain persons to leave local authority area, conservation land, or LINZ land

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“Officers can ask you to leave if they think you're breaking camping rules”

If an enforcement officer thinks you might be breaking the law or have already broken it, they can tell you to leave the area. This applies to local authority areas, conservation land, or LINZ land. The officer needs to have good reasons to believe you’ve done something wrong before they can ask you to leave.

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Part 3 Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions
Enforcement officers

36Enforcement officers may require certain persons to leave local authority area, conservation land, or LINZ land

  1. An enforcement officer may require a person who he or she believes on reasonable grounds is committing or has committed an offence to leave the local authority area, conservation land, or LINZ land concerned.

Notes
  • Section 36 heading: amended, on , by section 32(1) of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).
  • Section 36: amended, on , by section 32(2) of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).