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Wildlife Act 1953

Administration - New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board

44J: Crown entity

You could also call this:

"A Crown entity is a group that is part of the government."

The New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board is a Crown entity for certain purposes. This means it is an organisation named in Schedule 4 of the Public Finance Act 1989, which you can find in subpart 2 of Part 5 of that Act. You can think of it like a group that is part of the government.

The Board is also a public entity, which is defined in section 4 of the Public Audit Act 2001. This means the Auditor-General is in charge of checking the Board's finances.

The Auditor-General checks the Board's finances to make sure everything is correct and fair.

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Part 3Administration
New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board

44JCrown entity

  1. The Board is, for the purposes of subpart 2 of Part 5 of the Public Finance Act 1989, an organisation named or described in Schedule 4 of that Act.

  2. The Board is a public entity as defined in section 4 of the Public Audit Act 2001 and, in accordance with that Act, the Auditor-General is its auditor.

Notes
  • Section 44J: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Wildlife Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 39).
  • Section 44J(1): amended, on , by section 37(1) of the Public Finance Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 113).
  • Section 44J(2): replaced, on , by section 53 of the Public Audit Act 2001 (2001 No 10).