✨ Opossum Regulations
Num. 28. 1411
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1927.
General Regulations under Part III of the Animals Protection
and Game Act, 1921–22, respecting Opossums.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of
May, 1927.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
In pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by the Animals Protection and
Game Act, 1921–22 (hereinafter referred to as “the said
Act”), and of all other powers and authorities enabling him
in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby revoke the Opossum Regulations, 1926, made
under Part III of the said Act, and all amendments thereof
heretofore made, and doth hereby make the following regula-
tions for the purposes of the said Act; and doth hereby
declare that the regulations hereby made shall have force
and effect throughout New Zealand, subject to the said Act,
and to any special regulations made thereunder in force in
any acclimatization district.
REGULATIONS.
- INTERPRETATION.
(1) In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the
context,—
“Authorized officer” means any person appointed by
the Under-Secretary to be an authorized officer for
any specified purpose under these regulations:
“Broker” includes any person whose business it is to
act as a broker or dealer in respect of the purchase
and sale of opossum-skins:
“License” means a license to take or kill opossums
issued under these regulations; but does not include
a broker’s license:
“Licensed broker” means any person who has obtained
a broker’s license as hereinafter provided from the
Under-Secretary:
“Minister” means the Minister of Internal Affairs:
“Occupier” includes the wife or husband of an occupier
(as the case may be):
“Official mark” means any mark mentioned in these
regulations or in any former regulations respecting
opossums made under Part III of the said Act or
under the Animals Protection Amendment Act,
1920, including a royalty-paid stamp:
“Opossum” means any animal of the genus trichosurus
or of any other genus of the family phalangeridæ
(commonly known as Australian opossums); but does
not include any animal of the species didelphys (com-
monly known as American opossum); and “opos-
sum-skin” has a corresponding meaning:
“Skins” and “opossum-skins” include tanned skins,
but do not include tanned or prepared skins bona
fide used as a rug, coat, muff, or article of personal
or domestic or household use or ornament:
“Under-Secretary” means the Under-Secretary of the
Department of Internal Affairs:
(2) These regulations may be cited as the Opossum
Regulations, 1927.
- TAKING OF OPOSSUMS.
(1) Opossums may be taken or killed only in the following
manner:—
(a) By means of a running noose fixed in such manner
that the head of the animal will pass through the
noose.
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Regulations, Opossums, Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22
- Charles Fergusson, Governor-General