29 SEPTEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Incorporated submit an annual financial statement, in the same form as required by section 23 of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, to the Secretary for the Environment.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 1994.

SIMON UPTON, Minister for the Environment.

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Internal Affairs

Wellington Regional Water Board Act 1972

Wellington Regional Council Bylaws

Pursuant to section 10 of the Wellington Regional Water Board Act 1972, I hereby approve the following bylaws made by the Wellington Regional Council by Special Order on the 28th day of June 1994, and confirmed by the council on the 8th day of August 1994:

● (1) The Amendment of the Wellington Regional Water Board Bylaw 1976, by deleting clauses 2.2 to 2.20 of Part II of those bylaws and substituting the following clause:

“(2.2) Notwithstanding anything in clause 2.1 of this Part of these bylaws the board by resolution may authorise the public or any group or section of the public specifically designated in such resolution to enter upon any water collection area, or part thereof, without the written permission of the Chief Engineer and then subject only to such conditions as are contained in any such resolution or in any written permission and any authority so granted may be cancelled or suspended at any time by further resolution of the board or by order of the Chief Engineer.”; and

(2) The Wellington Regional Council Bylaws for Forests, Parks and Recreation Areas 1994 as published in the New Zealand Gazette of 18 August 1994, and with the following amendments:

(a) the insertion in clause 1 of the following definition:

“Departmental Manager means the Manager, Recreation, the Manager, Forestry or the Manager, Operations (Wairarapa).”;

(b) the inclusion in the definition of “forests”, in clause 1 after the words “exotic forests”, of the words “and soil conservation reserves”;

(c) the deletion of the term “the Manager, Recreation or Manager, Forestry” from clauses 10 (1), 15, 16 (2), 19 (1) and 21 (1) and the insertion in its place of the term “a Departmental Manager”;

(d) the deletion of clause 2 and the substitution of the following:

“2. Parks and Forests Open to the Public

(1) Subject to the provisions of these bylaws and the provisions of any management agreement affecting any land not owned but administered by the council, the parks and forests, or parts thereof shall be open to the public.

(2) Subject to any statutory provision to the contrary, the council may close from time to time the parks and forests or parts thereof as necessary for the protection and general well-being of the park or forest or for the protection and control of public using the area.

(3) Except with the express permission of a warranted officer, no person shall enter the parks or forests or remain therein during the times when they are closed to the public.

(4) If in the opinion of a warranted officer vehicle access is prejudicial to the interests of security or public safety, the warranted officer may deny access or require any person who has obtained access to leave.

(5) A Departmental Manager may close any forest area in the interest of public safety during logging operations or at times of extreme fire hazard.”;

(e) the deletion of clause 31 and the substitution of the following:

“31. General

(1) No consent under these bylaws shall be deemed of itself to constitute a consent given under the Reserves Act 1977, or other statutory provision.

(2) Nothing in these bylaws shall be deemed to limit or prevent the taking of proceedings under any Act in respect of an offence committed within any park or forest.

(3) Every warranted officer of the council may enforce the provisions of these bylaws.

(4) Every warranted officer of the council, upon production of his or her warrant, may request the name and address, and evidence of its correctness of any person found committing an offence against these bylaws.

(5) Every person commits a further offence who fails or refused to supply his or her details when requested to do so as mentioned in subsection (4).

(6) A Departmental Manager, may revoke a warrant if he or she believes that the holder is not a fit and proper person to enforce the provision of these bylaws.

(7) Any person commits an offence who fails to return a warrant when requested to do so by a Departmental Manager.

(8) Any constable may enforce any of the provisions of these bylaws, upon evidence of his or her identity.

(9) Nothing in clauses 4, 4.1, 6, 7 (2), 9 (1), 10 (1) and (2), 11, 13 (1), 15, 16, 20 (1) and (4), 22, 23 and 27 of these bylaws shall apply to any landowner or the agent of any landowner, or to lessee or licence holder in respect of any operations lawfully undertaken on any land owned or occupied by such person.”.

Signed at Wellington this 21st day of September 1994.

JOHN BANKS, Minister of Local Government.

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