What the official record says
This Act is the Conservation Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the earlier of the following: the date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council: the date that is 2 years after the date on which the Act receives the Royal assent. This Act amends the Conservation Act 1987 (the ). In section 2(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order: means the administering agency that is the Ramsar Administrative Authority for New Zealand, as from time to time advised by the Government of New Zealand to the Ramsar Secretariat means the body responsible for co-ordination of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar on 2 February 1971 In section 2(2), replace with or 18(1) . After section 8(1A), insert: Subsection (1