Numb. 17 289

NEW ZEALAND

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 1952

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 1952

IMPORTANT.—The information published in full in this Gazette will be published again in like form in 1957. In the intervening years this Gazette will contain details of the Minister’s decision relating to game that may be hunted, the dates between which such game may be hunted, bag limits, and any amendments to the General Conditions, Special Conditions, and Excepted Areas published in this Gazette.

Acclimatization societies are asked to ensure that all purchasers of shooting licences are placed in possession of a full statement of their rights, duties, and obligations during the shooting season.

Open Seasons for Imported Game and/or Native Game in Certain Acclimatization Districts

Pursuant to the Animals Protection and Game Act 1921-22, the Minister of Internal Affairs doth hereby declare open seasons for imported game and/or native game, of the kinds specified, and in the acclimatization districts specified in the First Schedule hereto, except in the Excepted Areas specified in the Second Schedule hereto, during the periods set forth in relation to each district, subject in all cases to the following general conditions and subject to the special conditions specified in relation to each district, and doth hereby call the attention of sportsmen and others to the enactments and provisions and matters set forth or referred to in the Third and Fourth Schedules hereto. Any person taking or killing any imported game or native game otherwise than in terms of this notification (including the general conditions hereinafter set out and the special conditions specified in relation to any acclimatization district) is liable on conviction to a fine of £20.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

RESTRICTIONS

1. No person shall shoot except in accordance with the daily hours of shooting approved in individual acclimatization districts as under:—

Between

One Hour Before Sunrise and One Hour After Sunset. Marlborough, Nelson, West Coast, Westland, North Canterbury, Ashburton, South Canterbury, Waimate, Waitaki, and Southern Lakes.

6.15 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. : Wellington.

6.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. : Bay of Islands, Hobson, Mangonui-Whangaroa, and Whangarei.

6.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. : Auckland, Tauranga, Waiapu, East Coast, Hawke’s Bay, Waimarino, Stratford, Taranaki, Hawera, and Wanganui.

7 a.m. and 7 p.m. : Otago (waterfowl, quail, and chukar) and Southland.

8 a.m. and 7 p.m. : Otago (pheasants).

2. (a) No person shall use live birds of any species as decoys.

(b) No person shall use more than fifteen artificial decoys at any one time (except in the Auckland Acclimatization District where the number of artificial decoys shall be not more than ten).

(c) No person shall use artificial decoys at any time unless such decoys are securely anchored nor shall place any such artificial decoys within 100 yards of the nearest of any other artificial decoys set out by any other persons.

(d) Every person using artificial decoys in accordance with this notification shall prevent them from spreading over an area greater than 30 yards square and shall prevent them from coming within 100 yards of the nearest of any other artificial decoys set out by any other person.

(e) In the Southland Acclimatization District not more than three persons shall at any one time take or kill or attempt to take or kill native game over the same set of artificial decoys.

(f) In the Waimarino Acclimatization District no person shall at any time use artificial decoys of any kind whatsoever.

(g) In the North Canterbury Acclimatization District no person shall use artificial duck decoys save during the period within which waterfowl may be taken or killed.

(h) No person shall in any place during the period in that place of the open season hereby declared, use, in connection with the taking or killing of imported and/or native game, any form of decoying game by the aid of corn, wheat, oats, barley, maize, or any other grain or any products of grain or any other food placed by any person in or near the margin of any river, stream, lagoon, pond, swamp, estuary, or other water.

3. No person shall use or cause to be used any motor-vehicle in connection with the taking or killing of imported game and/or native game: Provided that this condition shall not be so construed as to prohibit the use of any motor-vehicle for the purpose of travelling either generally or to or from a rendezvous.

4. No person shall use or cause to be used for the purpose of taking or killing any imported or native game any unmoored floating stand, pontoon, hide, mai-mai, or loo, or any boat artificially dressed or covered in any way.

5. No person engaged in shooting from any shelter, mai-mai, mudhole, boat, louvre, or other contrivance shall use more than one gun: Provided that a person so engaged may have a second gun in a condition not immediately suitable for use, and held for use only in the event of the first gun becoming damaged or otherwise unfit for use.

LICENCE FEES

6. (a) The fee for a licence to take or kill imported game and native game in all districts is as set out in regulation 5, Animals Protection and Game Regulations 1939, and amendments, and in the licence forms in respect of each district.

ISSUE OF LICENCES

(b) In all acclimatization districts other than the Rotorua Acclimatization District and the Southern Lakes Acclimatization District, the Secretary of the acclimatization society concerned or any person authorized by him in writing is hereby authorized to sign and issue licences.

(c) In the Rotorua Acclimatization District and in the Southern Lakes Acclimatization District the Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, or any person appointed by him for that purpose, is hereby authorized to sign and issue licences.

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