New Zealand Acts

MARINE RESERVES ACT 1971 - SECT 17

17 Rangers

1 The Director-General may from time to time appoint any suitable person to be a ranger in an honorary capacity for the purposes of this Act.

2 Every ranger appointed under this section shall be appointed for such term not exceeding 3 years as the Director-General thinks fit.

3 The Director-General shall supply to every ranger a written warrant signed by himself or on his behalf evidencing the appointment, and the production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof of the appointment.

4 Any ranger may at any time be removed from office by the Director-General for incapacity, neglect of duty, or misconduct, or may at any time resign his office by writing addressed to the Director-General.

5 Any ranger shall, on the expiration of the term of his appointment, or on the sooner expiry of his appointment by removal from office or resignation, surrender to the Director-General his warrant of appointment and any badge of office that may have been issued to him.

6 No person appointed by the Director-General under this section to be a ranger shall by virtue of that appointment be deemed to be employed in the service of the Sovereign for the purposes of the State Services Act 1962 or of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 .

7 Every constable, every person appointed as a fishery officer under subsection (1) or deemed to have been appointed as a fishery officer by subsection (4) of section 76 of the Fisheries Act 1983, and every person appointed as a warranted officer under subsection (1) or deemed to have been appointed as a warranted officer by subsection (9) of section 59 of the Conservation Act 1987, shall by virtue of that person's office be deemed to be a ranger appointed by the Director-General to exercise the duties of a ranger under this Act generally in marine reserves throughout New Zealand.

History: Section 17(1): amended, on 1 September 1972, by section 6(1) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 3).   Section 17(2): amended, on 1 September 1972, by section 6(1) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 3).     Section 17(3): amended, on 1 September 1972, by section 6(1) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 3).     Section 17(4): amended, on 1 September 1972, by section 6(1) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 3).     Section 17(5): amended, on 1 September 1972, by section 6(1) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 3).     Section 17(6): editorial change made by the PCO, on 16 August 2024, under sections 86(1) and 87(a) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).     Section 17(6): amended, on 1 November 1976, pursuant to section 3(3) of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 (1976 No 30).     Section 17(6): amended, on 1 September 1972, by section 6(1) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 3).     Section 17(7): replaced, on 10 April 1990, by section 54 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).     Section 17(7): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).