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Citizenship Act 1977

New Zealand citizenship - Miscellaneous provisions relating to citizenship

22: Minister may delegate functions and powers to overseas representatives

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"The Minister can ask New Zealand representatives in other countries to help make citizenship decisions."

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The Minister can give a New Zealand overseas representative in another country the power to do some of the Minister's jobs. You can think of the Minister as a person who makes big decisions about citizenship. The overseas representative is someone who works for New Zealand in another country. The Minister can write a letter to give the overseas representative these powers. The overseas representative must follow any instructions the Minister gives them when doing these jobs. The Minister can give these instructions to a specific person or to someone who has a particular job title, and the instructions can be general or for a specific situation.

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Part 1New Zealand citizenship
Miscellaneous provisions relating to citizenship

22Minister may delegate functions and powers to overseas representatives

  1. The Minister may from time to time, by writing under his hand, authorise any New Zealand overseas representative in any country to perform and exercise in that country any of the Minister's functions and powers under this Part.

  2. In the performance or exercise of any such functions or powers, the New Zealand overseas representative shall act in accordance with all directions in that behalf given to him by the Minister, whether generally or in a particular case.

  3. Any authority and any directions under this section may be given to a specified person, or to the holder for the time being of a specified office.

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