What the official record says
This Act is the Conservation (Natural Heritage Protection) Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. The purpose of this Act is— to encourage compliance with enactments administered by the Department of Conservation by increasing penalties to better protect natural and historic resources and absolutely and partially protected wildlife; and to implement a consistent approach to penalties across the main enactments administered by the Department of Conservation; and to increase the penalties in the main enactments administered by the Department of Conservation. This amends the Conservation Act 1987 (the ). In section 27A(1)(c), replace with . Replace section 39(1)(ba) with: contravenes or fails to comply with section 17O(2), which relate