New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) The Governor-General may from time to time appoint a member of the Executive Council to hold office during his pleasure as Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
(2) The member of the Executive Council holding office as the Commissioner of State Forests when this Act comes into force shall be deemed to have been appointed as Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry under this Act.
(3) All references to the Commissioner of State Forests in any Act, regulation, rule, bylaw, order, or other enactment, or in any contract, agreement, deed, instrument, application, licence, notice, or other document whatsoever shall, unless inconsistent with the context, be read hereafter as references to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
(4) Any contract, agreement, licence, lease, permit, or other right or authority which the Minister is authorised to enter into or grant under this or any other enactment shall be entered into or granted by him in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen. All such contracts, agreements, licences, leases, permits, and other authorities that have been entered into or granted by the Commissioner of State Forests before this Act comes into force shall be deemed to have been entered into or granted by him on behalf of Her Majesty, and all rights, powers, and liabilities vested in or imposed upon the Commissioner of State Forests or the Minister by any such contracts, agreements, licences, leases, permits, and other rights and authorities shall be deemed to vest in Her Majesty when this Act comes into force.
(5) The Minister may from time to time exercise on behalf of Her Majesty all Her Majesty's rights and powers under any such contract, agreement, licence, lease, permit, right, or authority.
Compare: 1921-22 No 43 s 4
Section 3 was amended, as from 1 March 1998, by section 5(1)(d) Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997 (1997 No 100) by substituting the words “Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry”
for the words “Ministry of Forestry”
.