Conservation Amendment Act 2013

1: Title
This Act is the Conservation Amendment Act 2013.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the earlier of the following:
a: the date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council:
b: the date that is 2 years after the date on which the Act receives the Royal assent. Section 2(a): this Act brought into force 24 May 2013 Conservation Amendment Act 2013 Commencement Order 2013
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Conservation Act 1987 principal Act OIC SR 2013/123 2013-05-24 Conservation Act 1987 This Act comes into force on 24 May 2013 by SR 2013/123
4: Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
1: In section 2(1) Ramsar Administrative Authority Ramsar Secretariat .
2: In section 2(2) section 18(1) section 18AA(1)
5: Section 8 amended (Conservation area may become reserve, national park, etc)
1: After section 8(1A)
1B: Subsection (1A) is subject to subsection (4)
2: After section 8(3)
4: The Minister must not act under subsection (1A) to declare a conservation area—
a: to be a nature reserve or a scientific reserve under the Reserves Act 1977; or
b: to be included in an existing nature reserve or scientific reserve under that Act.
6: New sections 18AA and 18AB inserted
In Part 4, before section 18
18AA: Governor-General may confer additional protection or preservation requirements
1: The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, declare any conservation area—
a: to be held for the purpose of a wilderness area, a sanctuary area, or both; and
b: to have the official geographic name stated in the order.
2: Before making a recommendation under subsection (1)
a: refer the proposed name to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa for review under subpart 3 of Part 2 of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008; and
b: give public notice of the intention to recommend the making of the order that includes the proposed name for the area.
3: Section 49 applies, with the necessary modifications, to a notice given under subsection (2)(b)
4: A conservation area declared to be held for the purpose of a wilderness area, a sanctuary area, or both, under this section must be managed in a manner that is consistent with that purpose or those purposes (as the case may be).
5: The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, vary or revoke the purpose, or all or any of the purposes, for which any conservation area held under subsection (1)
6: Before making a recommendation under subsection (5)
18AB: Governor-General may declare that wetland be notified to Ramsar Secretariat
1: The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister,—
a: specify a wetland and the details of the area of the wetland; and
b: declare that the Minister for the time being responsible for the Ramsar Administrative Authority must notify the Ramsar Secretariat of the wetland and the details of the area of the wetland; and
c: declare that the wetland is to have the official geographic name stated in the order.
2: Before making a recommendation under subsection (1)
7: Section 18 amended (Minister may confer additional specific protection or preservation requirements)
In section 18(1) a sanctuary area, a wilderness area,