39Seizure of animals

39 Seizure of animals

(1)  An authorised person may –

(a) seize any creature that is on any reserved land contrary to these regulations; or

(b) seize, destroy or kill any dog, cat or other animal, other than stock, that is not native to any reserved land –

(i) that is on that reserved land; and

(ii) not under the proper or effective control of any person; or

(c) seize any stock found on reserved land whose presence on that reserved land is, in the opinion of the authorised person, likely to cause injury to, or likely to disturb, the flora or fauna of that reserved land or any living creature on that reserved land.

(2)  The reference to stock in subregulation (1)(b) does not include any goat or pig.

(3)  Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply to a restricted animal, within the meaning of section 32 of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 , that is on the reserved land as part of a program referred to in subsection (6) of that section and in respect of which a permission has been granted under that section.

(4)  Subregulation (1)(c) does not apply to stock kept on Crown land under a private right.