Grey-Faced Petrel (Northern Muttonbird) Amendment Notice 2009
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Grey-Faced Petrel (Northern Muttonbird) Amendment Notice 2009
Pursuant to section 6 of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Conservation gives the following notice.
Contents
Notice
1 Title
This notice is the Grey-Faced Petrel (Northern Muttonbird) Amendment Notice 2009.
2 Commencement
This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.
3 Principal notice amended
This notice amends the Grey-Faced Petrel (Northern Muttonbird) Notice 1979.
4 Islands in respect of which permits may be issued
Clause 6(1) is amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (e):
“(ea) Moutohorā (also known as Whale Island):”.
5 Schedule 1 amended
Schedule 1 is amended by inserting the item set out in the Schedule of this notice after the item relating to Rawhiti Maori Executive.
Schedule |
| Te Tapatoru ā Toi | Moutohorā (also known as Whale) |
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of October 2009.
Tim Groser,
Minister of Conservation.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice, which comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, amends the Grey-Faced Petrel (Northern Muttonbird) Notice 1979 to—
add Moutohorā (also known as Whale Island) to the list of islands in clause 6(1) for which permits authorising the hunting or killing of grey-faced petrels (northern muttonbirds) may be issued; and
include Te Tapatoru ā Toi as a committee that may issue permits authorising the hunting or killing of grey-faced petrels on Moutohorā.
Date of notification in Gazette: 15 October 2009.
This notice is administered by the Department of Conservation.