New Zealand Legislation: Acts

13 Notification of application to Minister and departments

• (1) The Director-General must, upon receipt of an application, notify the nature and proposed use of the trade name product or the proposed variation of conditions to—

  • (a) the Minister; and

  • (b) the Environmental Protection Authority established by section 7 of the Environmental Protection Authority Act 2011; and

  • (c) those departments listed in Schedule 1 of the State Sector Act 1988 that have notified the Director-General that they have an interest in applications made under this Act.

  (2) The Director-General must supply further information to any person notified under this section, if requested to do so by that person, unless that information is protected in accordance with sections 73, 109, or 121.

  Section 13(1)(b): amended, on 1 July 2011, by section 53(1) of the Environmental Protection Authority Act 2011 (2011 No 14).