New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) The Minister shall have the primary responsibility on any land for, and may from time to time do, all or any of the following things:
(a) Prepare and carry out wild animal surveys, assessments of hunting and hunter influences, and any other matters concerning the incidence of wild animals and the means of controlling them:
(b) Co-ordinate the policies and activities of Departments of State, local authorities, land owners and occupiers, Boards, and public bodies in relation to the control, and (where necessary) eradication, of any species of wild animals:
(c) Conduct wild animal research work, co-ordinate such research work, and arrange for other Departments or organisations to do such work or to collaborate in such work:
(ca) Approve statements of general policy for the implementation of this Act, and approve amendments to such statements in the light of changing circumstances or increased knowledge:
(d) Prepare and issue wild animal control plans and publications relating to wild animals and their control, and collect and disseminate information relating to wild animals:
(e) Acquire, use, and develop land for any of the purposes of this Act, including—
(i) Access and roads;
(ii) Aerodromes;
(iii) Boat ramps;
(iv) Camping;
(v) Residences;
(vi) Other buildings and structures; and
(vii) Such other purposes not inconsistent with this Act as the Minister thinks fit:
(f) Make provision for the setting up of such technical, scientific, advisory, and other kinds of committees as he thinks fit:
(g) Make provision for the licensing of persons commercially hunting, capturing, transporting, holding, selling, or exporting wild animals, and persons who aid, assist, or guide other hunters in the hunting, capturing, transporting, holding, selling, or exporting of wild animals:
(h) Specify conditions under which wild animals may be hunted, and periods and times at which they may be hunted, including making such charges and setting such fees as he considers necessary for any permit, service, and other matter consistent with this Act:
(i) Prescribe forms for any purpose required by this Act, and vary, modify, or revoke any such form:
(j) Make provision generally for the administration of this Act.
(2) In the exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (1) of this section, the Minister may from time to time exercise all or any of the following powers:
(a) Erect dwellings for occupation by officers and employees of the Department engaged in the administration of this Act, and erect other buildings, and provide all necessary conveniences and amenities:
(b) Establish and carry on any operations or industry relative to the control and, where necessary, eradication of wild animals, and pay such bounties, grants, and subsidies and such other money as he thinks fit :
(c) Sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the following, namely, food, equipment, ammunition, firearms, skins, live wild animals, the carcasses of any wild animals, and articles used for, or recovered as the result of, any operations for the control of wild animals:
(d) Enter into any contract or agreement for carrying out the purposes of this Act:
(e) Undertake training schemes:
(f) Appoint any local authority or Board or special committee or any other person to act as his agent for such of the purposes of this Act as he thinks fit for such period, on such terms and conditions, and at such remuneration, as may be agreed upon by the Minister and that local authority, Board, special committee, or person:
(g) Purchase horses, dogs, and other animals, and vessels and vehicles, and hire or charter and use aircraft, vehicles, vessels, and animals:
(h) With the written consent of the occupier, and subject to the provisions of any other Act, construct and maintain on any land any aerodromes for aircraft, and any roads, roadways, tracks, paths, bridges, culverts, ferries, and other means of access necessary for the purposes of this Act.
(3) All documents that require to be executed for the purposes of this Act by or on behalf of the Crown may be executed by the Minister, and, if so executed, shall be as valid and effectual as if executed by or on behalf of the Crown.
Compare: 1956 No 6 s 4
Subsection (1)(ca) was inserted, as from 10 April 1990, by section 37 Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
The words “Minister”
and “Department”
were substituted, as from 1 April 1987, for the words “Minister of Forests”
and “Forest Service”
respectively, pursuant to section 65(1) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65). See also section 2(2) Forests Act 1949 (1949 No 19) as to an earlier amendment of these terms.