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Hart’s Creek Wildlife Refuge Order, 1973

Made 1973 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
European Union
Country
New Zealand
Subjects
Wild species and ecosystems
Keywords
protected area, management/conservation

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  1. Reprint 3 September 2009 Hart's Creek Wildlife Refuge Order 1973 (SR 1973/273) Note This Proclamation is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs. PURSUANT to the Wildlife Act 1953, I, Sir Edward Denis Blundell 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 the control of the land of the Crown affected by this proclamation), hereby proclaim as follows: Contents 1 Title and commencement 2 Wildlife refuge declared 3 Use of boats 4 Revocations Schedule Canterbury land district-Ellesmere County 1 Title and commencement • (1) This Proclamation may be cited as the Hart's Creek Wildlife Refuge Order 1973. (2) This Proclamation shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette. 2 Wildlife refuge declared • The area described in the Schedule to this Proclamation (hereinafter referred to as the refuge) is hereby declared to be a wildlife refuge for the purposes of the Wildlife Act 1953. 3 Use of boats • Except with the prior written authority of the Director-General of Conservation and subject to compliance with any conditions that the Director-General may impose, no person shall use any boat in the refuge. Regulation 3 was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65) by substituting the words “Director-General of Conservation” and “Director General” for the words “Secretary for Internal Affairs” and “Secretary” respectively. 4 Revocations • (1) The Proclamation made on the 10th day of December 19561, revoking certain warrants, declaring certain areas to be wildlife refuges, and declaring restrictions as to the use of boats, is hereby amended by revoking so much of the Third Schedule to the proclamation as relates to the use of boats on Hart's Creek. (2) The Proclamation made on the 24th day of May 19602, revoking a sanctuary and declaring an area in Canterbury Land District to be a wildlife refuge, is hereby revoked. http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1973/0273/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM276813#DLM276813 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1973/0273/latest/whole.html#DLM41510#DLM41510 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1973/0273/latest/whole.html#DLM41511#DLM41511 Schedule Canterbury land district-Ellesmere County RESERVE 5121, situated in Blocks 11 and 111, Southbridge Survey District; area, 231.8848 hectares, more or less (SO Plan 11223); as the same is more particularly shown on a plan marked IA Wil 34/11/3 deposited in Head Office, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, and thereon edged red. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 15 November 1973. • 1 Gazette, 10 January 1957, p 10 • 2 Gazette, 2 June 1960, p 726

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