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Conservation Act 1987

Sports Fish and Game Councils - Functions of Minister

26A: Functions of Minister

You could also call this:

"The Minister's jobs to protect sports fish and game"

The Minister has some jobs to do to help conserve and manage sports fish and game. You can think of the Minister like a person in charge of making sure sports fish and game are protected. The Minister's jobs include approving policies and management plans for sports fish and game, and their habitats.

The Minister also gets to recommend to the Governor-General that they make Orders in Council under section 2(3) of the law. The Minister can define regions for managing sports fish and game by putting a notice in the Gazette.

The Minister has the power to do what is necessary to carry out their jobs, including establishing rules for meetings and approving work plans for managing sports fish and game. The Minister can also change or get rid of these rules if needed.

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Part 5ASports Fish and Game Councils
Functions of Minister

26AFunctions of Minister

  1. The functions of the Minister in relation to the conservation and management of sports fish and game shall be—

  2. to approve policies and management plans for sports fish and game, and their habitats:
    1. to recommend to the Governor-General the making of any necessary Orders in Council under section 2(3):
      1. to define not more than 12 regions for the purposes of this Part, by notice in the Gazette; and the Minister may in like manner—
        1. alter the boundaries of any region by including any defined area in the region, or by excluding any defined area from the region and including that area in any other region:
          1. abolish any region and include any part or parts of that region in any other region:
          2. to establish, by notice in the Gazette, rules for the conduct of the meetings of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council, and model rules for the conduct of Fish and Game Council meetings; and any such rules may in like manner be amended or revoked:
            1. to approve annual operational work plans or provisions in such plans relating to the management of those species of sports fish or game for which there is no management plan.

              1. The Minister shall have all such powers as are reasonably necessary or expedient to enable the Minister to carry out the Minister's functions under this section.

              Notes
              • Section 26A: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).