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Conservation Act 1987

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6C: Powers of Authority

You could also call this:

"What the New Zealand Conservation Authority is allowed to do to carry out its job."

The New Zealand Conservation Authority has the power to do what it needs to do its job. You can think of this as the Authority being able to make decisions and take actions to carry out its functions. The Authority can set up committees and give them some of its powers.

The Authority can share its recommendations, reports, or advice with the public if it wants to. It can also speak up for itself at public meetings or when planning is happening. When the Authority is making decisions, it will consider what the Minister has written to it.

There is one exception: the Authority cannot share its annual report with the public until it has been shown to the House of Representatives. The Authority has the right to go to court and be heard on matters that affect its job. This means the Authority can appear before courts and tribunals in New Zealand.

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6CPowers of Authority

  1. The Authority shall have all such powers as are reasonably necessary or expedient to enable it to carry out its functions.

  2. Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Authority may—

  3. establish committees of members and other suitable persons, and delegate to them any of its powers and functions:
    1. release for public information, in such form as it thinks fit, any recommendation, report, or advice made or given by the Authority to the Minister or the Director-General:
      1. advocate the interests of the Authority at any public forum or in any statutory planning process.

        1. In exercising powers other than advocacy or investigative powers, the Authority shall have regard to any views expressed in writing by the Minister and addressed to the Authority.

        2. Notwithstanding subsection (2)(b), the Authority shall not release its annual report for public information until it has been laid before the House of Representatives.

        3. The power conferred by subsection (2)(c) shall include the right to appear before courts and tribunals in New Zealand and be heard on matters affecting or relating to the Authority's functions.

        Notes
        • Section 6C: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).