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Biosecurity Act 1993

Functions, powers, and duties - Director-General

12A: Director-General provides overall leadership

You could also call this:

"The boss of biosecurity leads the team to stop pests hurting New Zealand."

The Director-General is in charge of leading activities that stop or reduce harm from pests in New Zealand, which is called pest management. You can think of pest management as trying to control or get rid of harmful organisms that can hurt people, animals, or the environment. The Director-General does this by overseeing systems, making plans, and working with others to make sure everyone is on the same page.

The Director-General helps make sure that pest management is working well by checking how the systems are performing and by talking to people involved in pest management. They also try to get the public to support pest management, which means getting people to help stop the spread of pests. The Director-General facilitates communication and cooperation among people and groups involved in pest management to make it more effective.

The Director-General's job is to make sure that pest management is done in a way that is fair and efficient, and that everyone is working together to stop pests from causing harm in New Zealand, as part of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012.

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Part 2Functions, powers, and duties
Director-General

12ADirector-General provides overall leadership

  1. The Director-General provides overall leadership in activities that prevent, reduce, or eliminate adverse effects from harmful organisms that are present in New Zealand (pest management).

  2. The ways in which the Director-General provides leadership include—

  3. promoting alignment of pest management within the whole biosecurity system:
    1. overseeing New Zealand’s systems for pest management and measuring overall system performance:
      1. facilitating the development and alignment of national pest management plans and national pathway management plans:
        1. promoting public support for pest management:
          1. facilitating communication, co-operation, and co-ordination among those involved in pest management to enhance effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of programmes.

            Notes
            • Section 12A: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).