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Key roles - Functions and powers of central and local government - Ministerial functions

183: Minister of Conservation has certain powers of local authority

You could also call this:

"The Minister of Conservation has some local council powers for certain islands."

The Minister of Conservation will have some powers like a local council. You will see these powers in coastal marine areas around some islands. The Minister can make decisions like a regional council for these areas. The Minister can do things a regional council can do under this proposed law. This is for the islands mentioned, like the Kermadec Islands and Campbell Island. The Minister already has some responsibilities and powers, and this adds more. These new powers are extra, they do not replace what the Minister can already do. You can find out more about what a regional council can do under section 222(4). The Minister's new powers will help with decision-making for these island areas.

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182: Functions of Minister, or

"The Minister's Jobs"

184: Overview of responsibilities of territorial authorities, or

"How councils decide what happens to land in your area"

Part 5Key roles
Functions and powers of central and local government: Ministerial functions

183Minister of Conservation has certain powers of local authority

The Minister of Conservation has, in respect of the coastal marine areas of the Kermadec Islands, the Snares Islands, the Bounty Islands, the Antipodes Islands, the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, and the islands adjacent to Campbell Island, the responsibilities, duties, and powers that a regional council would have under section 222(4) if those coastal marine areas were within the region of that regional council.
The Minister of Conservation may exercise, in respect of the islands specified in subsection (1), the responsibilities, duties, and powers that a regional council would have under this Act if those islands were within the region of that regional council.
The responsibilities, duties, and powers conferred on the Minister of Conservation by this section are in addition to the responsibilities, duties, and powers conferred on that Minister by this Act.