Thread: NZDA requires FAL number

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

Conservation Act
Every person commits an offence against this Act who, knowingly and without a permit in that behalf issued under subsection (1) or section 26ZZH, or knowingly and otherwise than in compliance with any conditions subject to which such a permit has been issued,—
(a)
discharges any hunting weapon on, into, or over any conservation area;

so the permit is for hunting not target shooting
this may be the most relavant

Those rules appear to be for a conservation area, if you read the rest of the rules, no killing of any animal. ( ironically includes poisoning)

Every person commits an offence against this Act who, knowingly and without a permit in that behalf issued under subsection (1) or section 26ZZH, or knowingly and otherwise than in compliance with any conditions subject to which such a permit has been issued,—
(a)
discharges any hunting weapon on, into, or over any conservation area; or
(b)
molests or pursues any animal in a conservation area; or
(c)
captures, kills, poisons, tranquillises, traps, or immobilises by any means, any animal in a conservation area; or
(d)
has in possession in any conservation area any animal or animal product; or
(e)
whether or not any animal or animal product is taken, takes or uses in or over any conservation area any aircraft, dog, hunting weapon, net, trap, poison, ship, snare, or vehicle, for the purpose of molesting, pursuing, capturing, killing, poisoning, tranquillising, trapping, or immobilising, by any means, any animal; or
(f)
takes any animal product in a conservation area; or
(g)
whether or not any animal product is taken, takes or uses in or over any conservation area any aircraft, dog, net, trap, ship, or vehicle, for the purpose of taking any animal product; or
(h)
enters any conservation area with a hunting weapon, net, trap, or snare, or with poison; or
(i)
sets any net, trap, or snare, on any conservation area; or
(j)
allows any animal to molest, pursue, or kill, any animal, in a conservation area.