Acts that MPI is responsible for administering
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is responsible for administering legislation that covers a wide range of sectors including, agriculture, forestry, biosecurity, fisheries, food, and aquaculture. This page lists the Acts that MPI is responsible for administering, as of 21 June 2019.
MPI-administered Acts
- Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908
- Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997
- Airports (Cost Recovery for Processing of International Travellers) Act 2014
- Animal Control Products Limited Act 1991
- Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999
- Animal Products Act 1999
- Animal Welfare Act 1999
- Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
- Biosecurity Act 1993
- Commodity Levies Act 1990
- Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001
- Driftnet Prohibition Act 1991
- Fisheries (Quota Operations Validation) Act 1997
- Fisheries Act 1983
- Fisheries Act 1996
- Food Act 2014
- Forestry Encouragement Act 1962
- Forestry Rights Registration Act 1983
- Forests (West Coast Accord) Act 2000
- Forests Act 1949
- Hop Industry Restructuring Act 2003
- Irrigation Schemes Act 1990
- Kaikōura (Te Tai o Marokura) Marine Management Act 2014
- Kiwifruit Industry Restructuring Act 1999
- Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004
- Māori Fisheries Act 2004
- Meat Board Act 2004
- Ministries of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Act 1995
- Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997
- Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1998
- National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012
- New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Act 1987
- Pork Industry Board Act 1997
- Primary Products Marketing Act 1953
- Public Works Act 1981 (Part 19)
- Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre (Wairarapa) Act 1969
- Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992
- Veterinarians Act 2005
- Walking Access Act 2008
- Wine Act 2003
- Wool Industry Restructuring Act 2003
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