New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15A General policy

• (1) The Minister may approve statements of general policy for the implementation of this Act and for any reserve or reserves of any class or description; and may from time to time amend any such statement in the light of changing circumstances or increased knowledge.

  (2) Nothing in any such general policy shall derogate from any provision in this Act or any other Act.

  (3) The administering body shall in the exercise of its functions comply with general policies under this section.

  (4) For the purposes of this section, sections 17B (except subsections (1) and (2)) and 17N (except subsection (2)) of the Conservation Act 1987 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply with respect to such general policies, subject to the following provisions:

  • (a) Where the draft policy relates solely to the implementation of this Act in relation to reserves administered by bodies other than the Department, the Minister may approve the draft without consulting the Authority; and, in that case,—

    • (i) The Director-General shall send the draft and the summary prepared under section 17B(3)(i) of that Act directly to the Minister; and

    • (ii) Paragraphs (j) to (l) of section 17B(3) of that Act shall not apply:

  • (b) No such general policy shall restrict or affect the exercise of any legal right or power by any person other than the Minister or the Director-General or an administering body.

  Part 2A (comprising section 15A) was inserted, as from 10 April 1990, by section 94 Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).