Annual Report 30 June 2009
Organisational Information
Legal Responsibilities
The following Acts are administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade:
- Antarctica Act 1960
- Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Act 1994
- Antarctica Marine Living Resources Act 1981
- Anti-Personnel Mines Prohibition Act 1998
- Chemical Weapons Prohibition Act 1996
- Commonwealth Countries Act 1977
- Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1971
- Continental Shelf Act 1964
- Cook Islands Act 1915
- Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964
- Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968
- Foreign Affairs Act 1988
- Geneva Conventions Act 1958
- International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000 (jointly administered with the Ministry of Justice)
- Kermadec Islands Act 1887
- Mercenary Activities (Prohibition) Act 2004
- 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
- New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Act 2003
- 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 Seas 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.
The Ministry also administers a number of statutory regulations made under the above Acts, particularly in the areas of United Nations (UN) Security Council sanctions, diplomatic privileges and immunities, and Tokelau.
Export controls on strategic goods are administered by the Ministry under the Customs Export Prohibition Order 2008.
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