14Powers of territorial authorities

1. Every territorial authority has power—

2. to take any action any natural person could take under Part 5:
3. to act as a management agency under a pest management plan or a pathway management plan:
4. to take any action provided for or required by a pest management plan or a pathway management plan:
5. if, and only if,—to take those actions:
   1. a pest management plan or a pathway management plan provides for certain actions to be taken; but does not expressly provide for them to be taken by territorial authorities, territorial authorities of a class or description to which the authority belongs, or the authority; and
   2. the management agency for the plan agrees with the authority that the authority will take those actions and the agency will meet the authority's costs in doing so,—
6. to the extent only that a national pest management plan or a national pathway management plan provides for—to make contributions towards the costs of the implementation of the plan, to make such contributions (from the authority's general funds or from any fund dedicated for the purpose):
   1. territorial authorities; or
   2. territorial authorities of a class or description to which the authority belongs; or
   3. the authority,—
7. to set and assess rates under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 for the purpose of making any contributions that the authority is empowered by paragraph (da) to make:
8. to gather information, keep records, undertake research, or do any other similar thing, if doing so is necessary or desirable to enable it to act effectively under this Act:
9. to perform or exercise any function, power, or duty whose performance or exercise is for the time being transferred to it under section 15:
10. to perform or exercise any other function, power, or duty conferred on it by this Act.