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Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Administration

7: Scientific authorities

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"Experts who help decide how to protect endangered species"

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The Minister will appoint a committee called the Scientific Authorities Committee. You will have representatives from the Department of Conservation, a Crown Research Institute chosen by the Minister, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Ministry of Fisheries or the New Zealand Institute for Earth Science Limited, or both, on this committee. The Minister can also choose other people or groups to be on the committee, and it will be a scientific authority for the Trade in Endangered Species Act.

The Scientific Authorities Committee can add more members and give some of its jobs to a smaller group of members. The committee can decide how it wants to work, as long as it follows the Act.

The Minister determines which Crown Research Institute will be represented on the committee, and this is defined in the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992.

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7Scientific authorities

  1. For the purposes of this Act the Minister shall appoint a committee, to be known as the Scientific Authorities Committee, which shall consist of representatives of—

  2. the Department of Conservation:
    1. such Crown Research Institute (within the meaning of the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992) as the Minister from time to time determines:
      1. the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry:
        1. the Ministry of Fisheries or the New Zealand Institute for Earth Science Limited, or both, as the Minister determines:
          1. such other person or body that the Minister determines,—
              1. and shall be a scientific authority for the purposes of this Act.

            1. The Scientific Authorities Committee may co-opt additional members and may delegate its function as a scientific authority to any subcommittee consisting of 1 or more members of the Committee, including co-opted members.

            2. Subject to this Act, the Committee may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

            Notes
            • Section 7(1)(b): substituted, on , by section 46(1) of the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 (1992 No 47).
            • Section 7(1)(c): substituted, on , by section 2 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 50).
            • Section 7(1)(d): substituted, on , by section 2 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 50).
            • Section 7(1)(d): editorial change made by the PCO, on , under sections 86(1) and 87(c) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).
            • Section 7(1)(e): substituted, on , by section 2 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 50).