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Glossary
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terms and acronyms. Find
out what they mean in our glossary of terms.
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International Crimes and International Criminal
Court Act 2000 (jointly administered with the
Ministry of Justice)
Kermadec Islands Act 1887
New Zealand Antarctic Institute Act 1996
New Zealand Export-Import Corporation Dissolution
Act 1992
New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament
and Arms Control Act 1987
Niue Act 1966
Niue Constitution Act 1974
Nuclear Test-Ban Act 1999
Pitcairn Trials Act 2002
Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone and Exclusive
Economic Zone Act 1977
Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 (jointly administered
with the Ministry of Justice)
Tokelau Act 1948
Tokelau (Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic
Zone) Act 1977
United Nations Act 1946
United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea Act 1996
Western Samoa Act 1961
Export controls on strategic goods
Export controls on strategic goods are administered
by the Ministry under the Customs Export Prohibition
Order 1996. Read about the strategic goods export
regime in more detail.
Regulations
The Ministry also administers a number
of statutory regulations made under the above
Acts, particularly in the area of United Nations
Security Council sanctions, diplomatic privileges
and immunities, and Tokelau.