New Zealand Legislation: Acts

9 Powers of responsible Minister

• (1) The responsible Minister has power to—

  • (a) Perform the functions in section 7A:

  • (b) Perform the functions specified in section 10 in relation to those national pest management strategies,—

    • (i) Where the responsible Minister has prepared a proposal under section 56; or

    • (ii) Where some other person has requested the responsible Minister to notify a proposal:

  • (c) Recommend to the Governor-General the making of Orders in Council under section 45(3):

  • (d) Recommend to the Governor-General under section 137(1) the making of Orders in Council imposing levies, and perform other functions in relation to levies:

  • (e) Recommend to the Governor-General under section 165 the making of regulations.

  (2) The responsible Minister must not delegate to any person the exercise of any of the powers specified in subsection (1)(a), (c), (d), and (e).

  Section 9 was substituted, as from 26 November 1997, by section 5 Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).