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Wildlife Sanctuary (Otamatou Rocks) Order, 1965

Made 1965 · 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, wild fauna, management/conservation, hunting/capture, community management

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  1. Wildlife Sanctuary (Otamatou Rocks) Order 1965 (SR 1965/184) Note These regulations are administered in the Department of Internal Affairs. PURSUANT to the Wildlife Act 1953, I, Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson, the Governor General of New Zealand, hereby proclaim as follows: Contents 1 • (1) This Proclamation may be cited as the Wildlife Sanctuary (Otamatou Rocks) Order 1965. (2) This Proclamation shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette. 2 • In this Proclamation, unless the context otherwise requires,— The Act means the Wildlife Act 1953 Closed period means the period commencing on the 1st day of October in any year and ending with the 31st day of January in the year next following 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 hereto. Secretary [Revoked] Secretary: this definition was revoked, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65). 3 • The area described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be a wildlife sanctuary for the purposes of the Act, subject to the conditions specified in clauses 4 to 7 of this Proclamation. 4 • No person shall during the closed period enter the sanctuary or approach in a boat nearer than a distance of 2 chains from any part of the sanctuary except o (a) Rangers under the Act while in the lawful execution of their duty: o (b) Seafarers entering or approaching 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 words “Director-General” for the word “Secretary”. 5 • Except with the written authority of the Director-General, no person shall during the closed season 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) Introduce or liberate in the sanctuary any living creature or the eggs or spawn of any living creature. Regulation 5 was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65) by substituting the words “Director-General” for the word “Secretary”. 6 • Except with the written authority of the Director-General, no person shall o (a) Light any fire or do anything likely to cause a fire on the sanctuary: o (b) Take any firearms or explosives on to the sanctuary or use any firearms or explosives on the sanctuary: o (c) Take or keep any domestic animal or domestic bird into or in the sanctuary. Regulation 7 was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(3) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65) by substituting the words “Director-General” for the word “Secretary”. 7 • No person shall deposit rubbish or leave litter in the sanctuary. 8 • The Otamatou Rocks Wildlife Sanctuary Order 19571 is hereby revoked. Schedule Otamatou Rocks Wildlife Sanctuary OTAMATOU Rocks adjacent to part Small Grazing Run 92 and part Section 6, Block X, Hundalee Survey District, Marlborough Land District as shown on the plan marked L. and S. 755A deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red; together with the foreshore of those rocks, being such parts of the bed of the sea as are covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide at ordinary spring tides. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 4 November 1965. • 1 SR 1957/260

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