Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Act 1995 (No. 31 of 1995). Country/Territory New Zealand Document type Legislation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Fisheries, Food & nutrition Keyword Institution Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract The three objectives of this Act are to (a) provide for the restructuring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and (b) to repeal the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1953. The Act specifies the enactments amended as well as administrative provisions regarding personnel, intellectual property and appointment of inspectors. Unless the context otherwise requires, every reference to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in any Act or other instrument shall be read as a reference to the responsible Ministry. Likewise, any reference to the Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries shall be read as a reference to the responsible chief executive. Amongst the miscellaneous provisions, the Act includes, in section 22, a provision whereby the Crown shall allocate as individual transferable quota to the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission, 106 tonnes of annual allowable catch for scallops in the southern Scallop Fishery specified in Part III of schedule 1d of the Fisheries Act 1983, as amended by the Fisheries Act 1996. The Commission shall then transfer such quota to the persons indicated in Part V of the above schedule. Full text English References - Legislation Amended by Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2010. Legislation | New Zealand | 2010 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX