New Zealand Legislation: Acts

8 Responsibilities of responsible Minister

• (1) In addition to being responsible for the administration of this Act, the responsible Minister has responsibility for—

  • (a) providing for the co-ordinated implementation of this Act:

  • (b) recording and co-ordinating reports of suspected new organisms:

  • (c) managing appropriate responses to such reports.

  (2) Section 9 does not limit or affect the generality of subsection (1).