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Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011

Administrative and miscellaneous matters - Regulations and miscellaneous matters - Regulations and bylaws

119: Minister of Conservation to perform residual management functions

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"The Minister of Conservation helps manage the coastal area if no one else is in charge."

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The Minister of Conservation can do some management tasks in the common marine and coastal area. You need to know the Minister can only do these tasks if no one else is responsible for them. The Minister has to follow the purpose stated in section 4. The Minister's tasks do not limit what local authorities or others can do in the area. You can still do things in the area that you are allowed to do under other laws. The Minister must work with others who have responsibilities in the area. The Minister has to act consistently with the purpose stated in section 4 when doing tasks under sections 120 and 121. This means the Minister must consider the purpose of the law when making decisions. The Minister's decisions must align with the law's purpose.

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119Minister of Conservation to perform residual management functions

  1. The Minister of Conservation may perform a managerial or administrative function provided for or contemplated by this Act or by any regulations or bylaws made under section 120 or 121 in respect of the common marine and coastal area but only if, and to the extent that, the same or similar function is not conferred on the local authority or other person with responsibility for the relevant part of the common marine and coastal area in which the function is to be performed.

  2. Nothing in this section or in any regulations or bylaws made under section 120 or 121 limits any power conferred under an enactment on a local authority or any other person that may be exercised in respect of the common marine and coastal area.

  3. In performing and exercising the functions, duties, and powers under this section and under sections 120 and 121, the Minister of Conservation must act consistently with the purpose stated in section 4.