New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 August 2008
| Public Act | 1986 No 127 |
| Date of assent | 18 December 1986 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry for the Environment.
1 Short Title and commencement
Part 1
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
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
9 Salary and allowances of Commissioner
10 Oath to be taken by Commissioner
12 Secondment of State servants to office of Commissioner [Repealed]
14 Speaker may require staff to be made available to select committees
17 Matters to which regard to be given
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
25 Money to be appropriated by Parliament for purposes of this Part
27 Amending Official Information Act 1982 [Repealed]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
32 Matters to which regard to be given
34 Annual report [Repealed]
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
