Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1985
Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1985
Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1985
Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1985
Public Act |
1985 No 100 |
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Date of assent |
11 June 1985 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Wild Animal Control Act 1977
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1985 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Wild Animal Control Act 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Owner or hirer of aircraft to give information as to identity of pilot, etc.
Section 34a of the principal Act (as inserted by section 8 of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1982) is hereby amended—
(a)
By omitting from subsection (1) the words “or shooter”
, and substituting the words “and any such shooter”
:
(b)
By omitting from subsection (2) the words “or shooter”
, and substituting the words “and any shooter”
.
3 Presumptions relating to status of land
(1)
Section 38(4) of the principal Act (as added by section 10(2) of the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 1982) is hereby amended by omitting from paragraph (b) the expression “24a”
, and substituting the expression “28a”
.
(2)
The said section 38 is hereby further amended by repealing subsection (5) (as so added), and substituting the following subsection:
“(5)
In any prosecution for an offence against this Act, a certificate confirming the status of any State forest land (as defined in the Forests Act 1949), National Park, Maritime Park, or any Crown-owned land given by the Chief Surveyor for the relevant land district constituted under the Land Act 1948 in which the land in question is situated shall, unless the defendant proves to the contrary, be conclusive proof of that status; and all plans, maps, certificates, and copies certified as true or correct by that Chief Surveyor shall be sufficient evidence of their contents without the production of original records and without the personal attendance of that officer or proof of the officer’s signature.”
This Act is administered in the New Zealand Forest Service.