“My law change updates freedom camping legislation to make it easier to crack down on some of the poor behaviour and make[s] the rules more consistent and easier to follow,” Pugh said in a statement. “Restrictions would include confining freedom camping which isn’t self-contained to within 200 metres of toilet facilities, empowering more government organisations to limit freedom camping on land they control and provide stronger enforcement of fines for rule-breakers.”
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Rubbish dumped outside toilet block at Naval Point freedom camping area in Lyttleton, on the second day of coronavirus lockdown. (File photo) Fellow National Party MP Gerry Brownlee, who is also its foreign affairs spokesman, had his Autonomous Sanctions Bill pulled from the ballot.