8Rangers

1. There may from time to time be appointed under the Public Service Act 2020 suitable persons to be rangers for the purposes of this Act.

2. The Minister may from time to time appoint—

3. any suitable person to be a ranger in a part-time capacity for the purposes of this Act:
4. any suitable person to be a ranger in an honorary capacity for the purposes of this Act.

5. A ranger may be appointed under subsection (1) or subsection (2) for a particular reserve or reserves or area or to exercise his or her duties generally throughout New Zealand.

6. The Director-General shall supply to every ranger appointed under this section a written warrant signed by the Director-General or on his or her behalf evidencing the appointment, and the production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof of the appointment.

7. Any ranger appointed under this section shall, on the expiration of the term of his or her appointment, or on the sooner expiry of his or her appointment by removal from office or resignation, surrender to the Director-General his or her warrant of appointment and any badge of office that may have been issued to him or her.

8. Every ranger appointed under subsection (2) shall be appointed to hold office during the pleasure of the Minister or for such specified term as the Minister thinks fit.

9. Any ranger appointed under subsection (2) may at any time be removed from office by the Minister for incapacity, neglect of duty, or misconduct, or may at any time resign his or her office by writing addressed to the Director-General.

10. No person appointed under subsection (2) to be a ranger shall by virtue of that appointment be deemed to be employed in the service of the Sovereign for the purposes of the Public Service Act 2020 or of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956.

11. The administering body of any reserve may from time to time appoint any officer or servant of that body, or, if the administering body is a local authority, then any suitable person, whether an officer or servant of that body or not, to be a ranger for the purposes of this Act to exercise his or her duties in that reserve, and with respect to every such ranger the following provisions shall apply:

12. he shall hold office during the pleasure of the administering body and may at any time be removed from office by the administering body, or may at any time resign his or her office by writing addressed to the principal administrative officer or chief executive of the administering body:
13. the administering body shall supply to him or her a written warrant signed by the principal administrative officer or chief executive of the administering body evidencing the appointment, and the production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof of the appointment:
14. he shall, on the expiry of his or her appointment by removal from office or resignation, surrender to the principal administrative officer or chief executive of the administering body his or her warrant of appointment and any badge of office that may have been issued to him or her.

15. Every member of an administering body of a reserve (not being an officer of the Department) shall, by virtue of his or her office, be deemed to be a ranger in an honorary capacity for the purposes of this Act during his or her period of membership of that body, and with respect to every such member the following provisions shall apply:

16. he shall exercise the duties of a ranger only in or with respect to the reserve controlled by the administering body of which he or she is a member:
17. the administering body shall supply to him or her a written warrant signed by the principal administrative officer or chief executive of the administering body signifying that he or she is an honorary ranger, and production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof for all purposes that he or she is an honorary ranger for the purposes of this Act:
18. on the termination of his or her membership of the administering body, he or she shall surrender to the principal administrative officer or chief executive of that body the warrant of office issued to him or her pursuant to paragraph (b).

19. Every constable shall by virtue of his or her office be deemed to be a ranger appointed by the Minister to exercise his or her duties generally throughout New Zealand.

20. Every warranted officer within the meaning of the Conservation Act 1987 shall by virtue of that person's office be deemed to be a ranger appointed by the Minister to exercise duties generally throughout New Zealand.