Minister:
Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology
Current Minister:
Hon Judith Collins KC
Description:
Responsibilities include leading the science and innovation system and setting the direction for government investment, and for biotechnology matters and policy relating to genetically modified organisms.
Department:
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment provides the administrative support for this portfolio, including the Crown entities. The Commercial Operations Group in the Treasury provides a secondary monitoring role and leads the appointments process for the companies in the portfolio (the Crown Research Institutes and the Research and Education Advanced Network for New Zealand (REANNZ)).
Crown entities:
Crown Research Institutes
Callaghan Innovation
PFA schedule organisations:
Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (Schedule 4A)
Other organisations:
Health Research Council
Marsden Fund Council
Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand
Royal Society of New Zealand
Science Board
Vote:
Vote Business, Science and Innovation
Legislation:
Building Research Levy Act 1969
Callaghan Innovation Act 2012
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (Part 4)
Crown Research Institutes Act 1992
Heavy Engineering Research Levy Act 1978
Measurement Standards Act 1992
Research, Science and Technology Act 2010
Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007
Wheat Industry Research Levies Act 1989
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