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Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act 2025

Permits, enforcement, and regulations for protected areas - Monitoring and enforcement - Offences

50: Offence to knowingly undertake prohibited activity within protected area

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"Breaking rules in protected marine areas is against the law"

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You commit an offence if you knowingly do something prohibited in a seafloor protection area, which goes against sections like section 17 or 18. You also commit an offence if you do something prohibited in a high protection area, which goes against section 21. If you commit one of these offences, you could get a prison term or a fine, or both, when convicted.

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Part 3Permits, enforcement, and regulations for protected areas
Monitoring and enforcement: Offences

50Offence to knowingly undertake prohibited activity within protected area

  1. A person commits an offence if the person knowingly undertakes a prohibited activity within a seafloor protection area contrary to section 17 or 18.

  2. A person commits an offence if the person knowingly undertakes a prohibited activity within a high protection area contrary to section 21.

  3. A person who commits an offence referred to in subsection (1) or (2) is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 months, or to a fine not exceeding $250,000, or both.