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905 1962/146 THE RABBIT DESTRUCTION REGULATIONS 1962 COBHAM, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL At the Government House at Wellington this 22nd day of August 1962 Present: HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL PURSUANT to the Rabbits Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations. REGULATIONS 1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Rabbit Destruction Regulations 1962. (2) These regulations shall come into force on the seventh day after the date of their notification in the Gazette. 2. (1) The Board of any rabbit district referred to in the First Schedule hereto may from time to time, by resolution publicly notified twice in one or more newspapers circulating in the district within the jurisdiction of the Board, prohibit- (a) All trapping, shooting, and hunting of rabbits, whether with dogs or otherwise, within the district or any specified part thereof for a period not exceeding six months from a date to be specified in the notice, being a date not earlier than seven days after the date of the first publication of the notice and one day after the date of the second publication thereof: (b) The poisoning of or laying of poison for rabbits within its district or any specified part thereof for a similar period. (2) The Board of any such district may by resolution, and subject to such restrictions as to land and to such conditions as it thinks fit, grant exemption to any person from the operation of any prohibition imposed under subclause (1) of this regulation. Every such grant of exemption shall be communicated to the person exempted in writing under the hand of the Secretary to the Board. 3. The Board of any rabbit district which, under section 55 of the Rabbits Act 1955, is authorised by the Minister of Agriculture to exercise for the purpose of destroying wallabies all the powers conferred on Boards 906 Rabbit Destruction Regulations 1962 1962/146 for the purpose of destroying rabbits, may exercise in rclation to wallabies the sallle powers as, by regulation 2 of these regulations, are exercisable in relation to rabbits by the Board of any rabbit district referred to in the First Schedule hereto. 4. The Board of any rabbit district which, tinder section 55 of the Rabbits Act 1955, is authorised by the Minister of Agriculture to exercise for the purpose of destroying opossums all the powers conferred on Boards for the purpose of destroying rabbits, may exercise in relation to opossums the same powers as, by regulation 2 of these regulations, are exercisable in relation to rabbits by the Board of any rabbit district referred to in the First Schedule hereto. 5. Nothing in these regulations or in any prohibition thereunder shall make it unlawful for any person to do any act within 100 yards of any dwellinghouse; and every person who does any such act shall be deemed to have been granted an exemption from any such prohibition which in its terms applies to the act. 6. Except so far as he is exempted by the Board or under regulation 5 hereof, every person who does any act for the time being prohibited by a board uncler these regulations, or who causes or suffers any other person not so cxempted to do any such act, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £10. 7. The regulations specified in the Second Schedule 10 thes{' [cgulatiollS are hereby revoked. SCHEDCLES Reg. 2 (1) FIRST SCHEDULE RABBIT DISTRICTS TO WHICH REGULATIONS ApPLY Published in Gazette Kame of Rabbit District Date of Order in Council ---- Year Page Albury 10 June 1953 1953 928 Alexandra II May 1949 1949 1191 Amuri 14 September 1949 1949 2300 Apiti-Pohangina 24 January 1923 1923 328 Ararin1u 29 r-.larch 1950 , , 1950 3(i7 Ashburton Gorge 9 February 1949 1949 555 Ashley I l\hrch 1950 .. 1950 217 Awatere 9 March 1949 .. 1949 698 Banks Peninsula 21 December 1927 1927 3745 Benmore ., 24 August 1949 1949 1753 Blackstone 3 February 1953 1953 200 Blue Mountain 14 December 1934 1934 4292 Blueskin 31 March 1954 .. 1954 546 Bruce 24 September 1952 1952 1605 Cardrona .. 20 July 1949 1949 1511 Catlins 21 April 1954 1954 645 Central Southland 4 Deeem bel' 1961 1961 1918 Cheyiot 14 September 1949 1949 2300 1962/146 Rabbit Destruction Regulations 1962 907 FIRST SCHEDULE-continued RABBIT DISTRICTS TO WHICH REGULATIONS ApPLy-continued Published in Gazette Name of Rabbit District Date of Order in Council I I Year I Page Clifton .. .. 24 August 1954 .. 1954 1397 Clinton .. .. .. 28 March 1956 .. .. 1956 477 Conway .. .. .. 2 July 1952 ., .. 1952 1182 Cromwell .. .. 1 November 1949 ., 1949 2528 Culverden .. .. .. 6 June 1951 .. .. 1951 807 D ipton . , .. .. 1 September 1954 .. 1954 1423 D unstan Downs ., .. 13 September 1961 .. 1961 1448 East Coast .. .. 14 December 1909 .. 1909 3305 Eastern Pohangina .. .. 23 December 1942 .. 1942 3165 East Taupo . , .. 8 May 1957 .. .. 1957 828 East Waikato .. .. 15 December 1931 .. 1931 3493 E ketahuna ., .. 15 May 1946 .. ., 1946 676 E ttrick .. .. .. 5 February 1947 .. 1947 256 F laxbourne .. .. 9 April1937 .. 1937 1001 F our Peaks .. .. .. 24 August 1949 . 1949 1753 G lencoe .. .. .. 27 April 1953 ., . 1953 708 H akataramea Valley .. 10 June 1953 .. .. 1953 929 H awea .. .. .. 24 August 1949 .. 1949 1753 H awke's Bay .. .. 14 November 1945 .. 1945 1450 H unterville .. .. 1 September 1930 . 1930 2704 H unua .. ., .. 19 August 1953 . 1953 1379 H urunui .. ., .. 31 October 1951 . 1951 1672 I da Valley .. .. 9 February 1949 . 1949 556 K abaroa .. .. .. 19 April 1950 .. 1950 460 K awhia .. .. .. 24 September 1947 .. 1947 1374 Kiwitabi .. .. .. 15 July 1953 . .. 1953 1141 K iwitea .. .. .. 19 May 1948 . 1948 612 K okonga-Tiroiti .. .. 8 March 1950 .. .. 1950 274 K owai .. .. .. 26 July 1950 .. .. 1950 1023 K yeburn .. .. .. 14 November 1951 . 1951 1730 L eaning Rock .. .. 19 November 1952 . 1952 1947 L innburn-Puketoi .. .. 27 October 1954 .. 1954 1728 L ower Rakaia .. .. 21 September 1960 .. 1960 1499 Mackenzie .. .. 23 March 1949 .. .. 1949 752 Macraes .. .. .. 6 March 1961 .. .. 1961 420 M anawatu .. .. 14 January 1932 .. 1932 102 M anderville .. .. 1 December 1954 .. 1954 1993 M anuherikia .. .. 3 February 1953 .. 1953 200 M arlborough Coast .. .. 24 September 1952 .. 1952 1606 M atamata .. .. 20 February 1961 .. 1961 360 M eringa .. .. 17 December 1952 .. 1953 23 M erton .. .. .. 13 April1953 .. 1953 669 M id-Wakatipu .. .. 24 September 1952 .. 1952 1614 M iller's Flat .. .. 9 March 1949 .. .. 1949 699 M imihau ., .. 26 July 1961 .. .. 1961 1080 M olyneux ., .. .. 26 February 1962 .. 1962 384 M otunau .. .. .. 31 October 1951 .. 1951 1672 M ount Benger .. .. 27 S~tember 1921 .. 1921 2417 N gakuru .. .. .. 26 Ju y 1950 •. .. 1950 1023 N orthern Hawke's Bay .. 24 October 1945 .. 1945 1361 o hura North ., ., 28 October 1953 .. 1953 1769 o marama .. .. ., 23 February 1949 .. 1949 622 o pihi .. .. 4 February 1952 .. 1952 173 o roua .. .. .. 19 May 1948 . .. 1948 612 o taio .. .. ., 24 November 1943 .. 1943 1424 o tama .. .. .. 25 J anuary 1956 .. 1956 102 908 Rabbit Destruction Regulations 1962 1962/146 FIRST SCHEDULE-continued RABBIT DISTRICTS TO WHICH REGULATIONS ApPLy-continued Published in Gazette Name of Rabbit District Date of Order in Council Year Page ~------~------- Otekaike 23 February 1949 1949 622 Otorohanga 16 February 1938 1938 314 Owaka 27 October 1954 1954 1728 Pahau 6 June 1951 1951 808 Parnassus .. 23 March 1950 .. 1950 335 Patea-Waitotara 21 May 1923 1923 1542 Peninsula .. 2 June 1959 1959 758 Plains 21 September 1960 1960 1499 Pongakawa 15 June 1949 1949 1362 Pouto 23 March 1950 .. 1950 336 Pukaki 30 March 1949 .. 1949 848 Pukerau 3 September 1941 1941 2750 Rangitata 27 August 1952 1952 1407 Rangitoto 14 January 1932 1932 102 Redcliff 21 October 1953 1953 1734 Redwood 30 March 1949 .. 1949 904 Reporoa 21 January 1941 1941 137 Riversdale .. 21 March 1955 .. 1955 430 Roxburgh East 4 September 1940 1940 2270 Saddle Hill 27 March 1961 .. 1961 523 South Clutha 30 June 1954 1954 1108 South Head 15 November 1944 1944 1421 Spray 9 March 1949 .. 1949 700 Strath-Taieri 5 May 1954 1954 826 Taieri Ridge 15 September 1948 1948 1170 Taihape 31 May 1961 1961 808 Taupo 21 October 1953 1953 1733 Tekapo 22 April 1936 .. 1936 806 Te Puke 16 June 1952 1952 1080 Tokanui 22 December 1954 1954 2070 Tokarahi 21 April 1954 .. 1954 646 Tokirima ., 17 December 1952 1953 23 Tokoroa 24 March 1954 .. 1954 506 Tuapeka 31 March 1954 .. 1954 547 Umutoi 31 July 1922 1922 1927 Upper Pareora 13 March 1951 .. 1951 318 Upper Rakaia 6 October 1943 1943 1204 Upper Waihao 7 September 1949 1949 1834 Waihaorunga 21 October 1953 1953 1733 Waihopai .. 6 April 1949 1949 903 Waimahaka 8 March 1950 .. 1950 244 Waimakariri 21 September 1960 1960 1499 Waipawa-Ngaruroro 10 April 1946 1946 481 Waipiata-Patearoa 13 April 1953 .. 1953 671 Wairarapa 19 October 1960 1960 1678 Waitaki 6 July 1949 1949 1594 Waitemata 10 April 1951 1951 490 Waitohi 14 September 1949 1949 2300 Wanaka 23 February 1949 1949 621 Wanganui .. 22 February 1926 1926 529 Wedderburn 24 October 1951 1951 1638 Wendonside 1 November 1950 1950 1927 Western Southland 27 September 1961 1961 1524 Whangamomona 22 February 1926 1926 529 Whitcombe 1 May 1957 1957 801 1962/146 Rabbit Destruction Regulations 1962 909 SECOND SCHEDULE REGULATIONS REVOKED Published in Statutory Regulations Title Serial Number I Page The Rabbit Destruction Regulations 1958 1958/128 698 The Rabbit Destruction Regulations 1958, Amendment 1959/26 262 No. I The Rabbit Destruction Regulations 1958, Amendment 1959/185 1067 No.2 T . .T. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.