Prohibition of Access Other Than by a Permit to Part Somes Island Reserve Pursuant to section 22 (5) of the Reserves Act 1977, and to a delegation from the Director-General of Conservation, the Regional Conservator of the Wellington Conservancy of the Department of Conservation, advises that entry to the Somes Island Reserve, as described in the Schedule hereto, from and including 30 January 1997, is permitted at the wharf access points between the hours of 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to persons not having in their possession or under their control any domestic pet or animal pest or any tobacco product or fire lighting equipment (including matches and lighters) or any utensil utilising fire or generating heat. Entry outside those hours (or remaining on the island outside of those hours) or to different parts of the island or to those persons in possession or who have under their control the matters referred to in the previous sentence is prohibited unless a permit is first obtained from the Regional Conservator. Schedule 24.8881 hectares, more or less, being Section 2, S.O. 20946, situated in Block XIII, Belmont Survey District. Part New Zealand Gazette, 1873, page 385. Dated at Wellington this 29th day of January 1997. ALLAN ROSS, Regional Conservator. (Files: DOC R.O. G27/406)1CL