32Meaning of unique or special wildlife values

32 Meaning of unique or special wildlife values

32 Meaning of unique or special wildlife values

(1) For the purposes of this Act, land has unique or special wildlife values if—

(a) any unique or special wildlife grows on or inhabits the land, or

(b) any such wildlife is likely to grow on or inhabit the land.

(2) Unique or special wildlife is—

(a) any endangered species, endangered ecological community or extinct species, within the meaning of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, being a species of (or ecological community that includes) a vascular plant, amphibian, bird, mammal or reptile, or

(b) any endangered species, endangered ecological community or species presumed extinct (within the meaning of Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994), being a species of (or ecological community that includes) fish.

(3) Unique or special wildlife does not include any tree or shrub that is planted on an authorised plantation in the course of establishment or other operations on the plantation.

s 32: Am 2023 No 7, Sch 1.16[6].