20 FEBRUARY

THIRD SCHEDULE
SITUATED within Morrinsville Borough and Piako County:
No. 26 State Highway (Hamilton-Kopu): from Seales Road
to Oak Street.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of February 1975.
BASIL ARTHUR, Minister of Transport.
*S.R. 1956/217 (Reprinted with Amendments No. 1 to 16:
S.R. 1968/32)
Amendment No. 17: S.R. 1969/54
Amendment No. 18: S.R. 1969/115
Amendment No. 19: S.R. 1970/157
Amendment No. 20: S.R. 1970/272
Amendment No. 21: S.R. 1971/117
Amendment No. 22: S.R. 1972/83
Amendment No. 23: S.R. 1972/252
Amendment No. 24: S.R. 1973/95
Amendment No. 25: S.R. 1973/130
Amendment No. 26: S.R. 1973/316
Amendment No. 27: S.R. 1974/251
Amendment No. 28: S.R. 1974/273
Amendment No. 29: S.R. 1974/323
†Gazette, No. 86, dated 5 September 1974, Vol. II, p. 1867
(TT. 29/2/134)

The State Forest Parks and Recreation Areas Notice
PURSUANT to the Forests Act 1949, the Minister of Forests
hereby gives the following notice.
NOTICE

1. This notice may be cited as the State Forest Parks and
   Recreation Areas Notice 1975 and shall come into force on
   the 1st day of March 1975.
2. Interpretation—In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—
   "The Act" means the Forests Act 1949:
   "Conservator", in relation to any park, means the Cons-
   ervator of Forests for the conservancy in which
   the park is situated or (if the park is situated in
   more than one conservancy) a Conservator of Forests
   for a conservancy in which a part of the park is
   situated, which Conservator shall be designated by
   the Director-General:
   "Park" means any State forest park proclaimed by the
   Governor-General under section 63A of the Act; and
   includes a recreation area set apart by the Minister
   under section 63D of the Act:
   "Recreation area" means any area set apart by the
   Minister under section 63D of the Act:
   Other expressions defined in the Act have the meaning so
   defined.
3. Parks open to the public—Subject to the provisions
   of this notice parks shall be open to the public at all times
   except during such periods as the Conservator shall determine.
4. Periods during which parks to be open—(1) Except as
   provided by Part II of the State Forest Park Regulations
   1969, the Conservator may from time to time by notice in
   any newspaper circulating in the area or by notice displayed
   at any park specify the period or periods during which any
   particular park shall be open to the public.
   (2) If the Conservator shall specify such period or periods
   in respect of any park in the manner provided in the preceding
   subclause, no person shall be in, or upon, remain in, or
   enter such park otherwise than during such period or periods.
5. Notices—(1) Any notice in any park which bears the
   symbol of the New Zealand Forest Service or otherwise
   indicates that it is given by the Conservator of Forests
   shall be deemed a lawful authority or instruction to any
   person in any park.
   (2) No person shall displace, damage, or otherwise interfere
   with any sign, notice, or marker erected by the Forest Service
   in or near any park.
6. Fires—(1) No person shall light any fire in any park
   except at camping sites or picnic places.
   (2) No person shall kindle or light any fire as in (1)
   above except in places provided or in a specially prepared
   open place on rocks or earth cleared of all combustible
   material in and around the fire area.
   (3) No person lighting any fire as in (1) or (2) above
   shall leave any fire unattended or fail to completely extinguish
   that fire upon leaving the camping or picnic site.
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7. Firearms—Except pursuant to a permit or other lawful
   authority no person shall enter any park with any firearm,
   bow and arrow, or a device capable of propelling a projectile,
   or any firework or explosive.
8. Spotlighting—Except pursuant to a permit or other law-
   ful authority no person shall use any spotlight to hunt
   animals in any park.
9. Traps, Snares, and Poisons—Except pursuant to a permit
   or other lawful authority no person shall enter any park
   with any trap, snare, or poison or use any trap, snare, or
   poison for the taking of animals.
10. Animals—No person shall take any dog or cat or other
    animal into any park except pursuant to a permit or other
    lawful authority, or abandon in any park any dog, cat, or
    animal.
11. Wildlife—No person may pursue or injure or take any
    bird, animal, or fish in any park except where he is the
    holder of a valid licence or permit or other lawful authority
    to enter for that purpose.
12. Vehicles—Except pursuant to a permit or other lawful
    authority no person shall enter travel in or leave any park
    in or with any vehicle other than by roads or routes designated
    by the Conservator or stand any vehicle in any part of a
    park other than at parking places designated by the Con-
    servator.
13. Boats—Except pursuant to a permit or other lawful
    authority no person shall enter any park with or in any
    boat.
14. Aircraft—Except pursuant to a permit or other lawful
    authority no person shall hover any helicopter above the
    park or land any aircraft on any land or water within any
    park.
15. Misbehaviour—(1) Within any park no person shall wil-
    fully obstruct, disturb, or interfere with any other person
    in the use or enjoyment of the park or use foul, abusive,
    indecent, or obscene language, or be intoxicated, noisy, or
    riotous, or in any way misbehave.
    (2) No person shall interfere with or damage or destroy
    or remove any natural feature or any sign, building, structure,
    or machinery or vehicle within any park.
    (3) No person shall post any placard, bill, poster, notice,
    or sign within any park without the prior written permission
    of the Conservator.
    (4) No person shall leave litter within the limits of any
    park except in the litterbins provided, or where no litterbins
    are provided, leave without ensuring that all litter is either
    buried or burned.
16. Collection of gemstones—Except pursuant to a permit
    or other lawful authority no person shall take more than
    4.54 kg (10 lb) of any gemstone, mineral, rock, or other
    similar forest produce during any one consecutive 2-day visit;
    or more than 2.27 kg (5 lb) on any single day; provided
    that the Conservator may vary these conditions as he deems
    fit.
17. Commercial Activities—No person may engage in any
    commercial business, practice any trade, or offer or undertake
    any service for payment of a fee or other reward in any
    park without the prior written permission of the Conservator
    who may lay down such conditions and make such charges
    and fees as he deems fit.
18. Pollution—No person may in any manner pollute directly
    or indirectly any waterway in any park.
19. Forest officer's authority—Any forest officer shall have
    the right to order any person to leave any park, whether
    or not that person has a permit or other authority to be
    on any particular park, where the forest officer in the
    exercise of his duty has reason to believe that the actions,
    behaviour, or intentions of the person concerned are or
    may be prejudicial to forest management, public safety, or
    likely to insult, offend, or annoy the public within the limits
    of any park.
20. Forest officers—The prohibitions contained in this notice
    shall not apply to any forest officer or workman, when legiti-
    mately engaged in the performance of his regular duties.
21. Penalty—Every person who commits a breach of any
    provision of this notice commits an offence and is liable
    accordingly to the penalty prescribed in section 63E of the
    Forests Act 1949, namely, a fine not exceeding $100.
    Dated at Wellington this 7th day of February 1975.
    BASIL ARTHUR, for Minister of Forests.
    (F.S. 42/1)