Wildlife Sanctuary (Taiaroa Head Foreshore) Order, 1979

Wildlife Sanctuary (Taiaroa Head Foreshore) Order 1979 (SR 1979/146) Note This Proclamation is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs. PURSUANT to section 9 of the Wildlife Act 1953, I, The Right Honourable Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting on the joint recommendation of the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Transport (being the Minister charged with the administration of the Department of State having control of the land of the Crown affected by this Proclamation), hereby proclaim as follows: Contents 1 Title and commencement 2 Interpretation 3 Wildlife sanctuary 4 Entry on sanctuary 5 Acts prohibited in sanctuary 6 Depositing rubbish 7 Pollution of waters Schedule Taiaroa Head foreshore wildlife sanctuary 1 Title and commencement • (1) This Proclamation may be cited as the Wildlife Sanctuary (Taiaroa Head Foreshore) Order 1979. (2) This Proclamation shall come into force on the 14th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette. 2 Interpretation • In this Proclamation, unless the context otherwise requires,— The Act means the Wildlife Act 1953 Director-General means the Director-General of Conservation Director-General; this definition was inserted, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65). Sanctuary means the area described in the Schedule to this Proclamation. Secretary; this definition was revoked, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65). 3 Wildlife sanctuary • The area described in the Schedule to this Proclamation is hereby declared to be a wildlife sanctuary for the purpose of the Act, subject to the conditions specified in clauses 4 to 7 of this Proclamation. 4 Entry on sanctuary • No person shall enter the sanctuary, except— o (a) Rangers under the Act while in the lawful execution of their duty: o (b) Seafarers entering through stress of weather: o (c) Any other person authorised in writing by the Director-General. Regulation 4(c) was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65) by substituting the expression “Director-General” for the word “Secretary”. 5 Acts prohibited in sanctuary • No person shall, except with the written authority of the Director-General, o (a) Hunt or kill, take for any purpose, molest, capture, disturb, harry, or worry any living creature in the sanctuary: o (b) Take, destroy, or disturb the eggs or spawn of any living creature in the sanctuary: o (c) Take for any purpose or interfere with vegetation of any description in the sanctuary: o (d) Introduce or liberate in the sanctuary any living creature or the eggs or spawn of any living creature: o (e) Introduce or plant in the sanctuary any vegetation of any description or the spores or seeds of any vegetation of any description: o (f) Camp in the sanctuary: o (g) Light any fire or do anything likely to cause a fire on the sanctuary: o (h) Take any firearms or explosives on to the sanctuary or use any firearms or explosives on the sanctuary. Regulation 5 was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65) by substituting the expression “Director-General” for the word “Secretary”. 6 Depositing rubbish • No person shall deposit rubbish or leave litter in the sanctuary. 7 Pollution of waters • No person shall pollute the waters of the sanctuary by means of rubbish, industrial waste, or any other means, or place any such substance near the margin of the waters. Schedule Taiaroa Head foreshore wildlife sanctuary Otago land district ALL the land in section 74, Block II, Portobello Survey District (being land formerly described as tidal land or as the bed of the sea), containing 7400m2, more or less, shown on SO Plan 18782, and being as delineated on the plan marked IA Wil 35/2/14, and thereon edged red, as deposited with the Head Office of the Department of Internal Affairs in Wellington. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 13th day of June 1979. DA HIGHET, Minister of Internal Affairs. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 5 July 1979.