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Reprint as at 1 August 2008

Environment Act 1986

Public Act	1986 No 127
Date of assent	18 December 1986

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

This Act is administered in the Ministry for the Environment

Contents

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

Part 1
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Administrative provisions

4 Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

5 Commissioner not to hold other offices

6 Term of office of Commissioner

7 Removal or suspension from office

8 Filling of vacancy

9 Salary and allowances of Commissioner

10 Oath to be taken by Commissioner

12 Secondment of State servants to office of Commissioner [Repealed]

13 Employment of consultants

14 Speaker may require staff to be made available to select committees

15 Superannuation

Functions and powers

16 Functions of Commissioner

17 Matters to which regard to be given

18 Powers of Commissioner

19 Power to obtain information

20 Commissioner and staff to maintain secrecy, etc

21 Commissioner's right to be heard in proceedings

22 Delegation of functions and powers

22A Proceedings privileged

23 Annual report

25 Money to be appropriated by Parliament for purposes of this Part of Act

27 Amending Official Information Act 1982 [Repealed]

Part 2
Ministry for the Environment

28 Ministry for the Environment

29 Secretary for the Environment

30 Other officers and employees of Ministry

31 Functions of Ministry

32 Matters to which regard to be given

34 Annual report [Repealed]

35 Ombudsmen Act 1975 amended

Schedule
Acts under which consents may be granted

An Act to—

(a) Provide for the establishment of the office of Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment:

(b) Provide for the establishment of the Ministry for the Environment:

(c) Ensure that, in the management of natural and physical resources, full and balanced account is taken of—
- (i) The intrinsic values of ecosystems; and
- (ii) All values which are placed by individuals and groups on the quality of the environment; and
- (iii) The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi; and
- (iv) The sustainability of natural and physical resources; and
- (v) The needs of future generations

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: