Reprint as at 1 July 2009
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
Title
1 Short Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
Māori Trustee established
3 Māori Trustee established
Capacity, powers, and status of Māori Trustee
4 Capacity and powers of Māori Trustee
5 Independence of Māori Trustee
Provisions relating to appointment of Māori Trustee
6 Appointment of Māori Trustee
6A Continuation of appointment
6B Termination of appointment of Māori Trustee
Appointments by Māori Trustee
6C Deputy Māori Trustee
6D Other employees
Delegation
6E Delegation by Māori Trustee
Further provisions relating to powers and functions of Māori Trustee
7 Judicial notice of appointment of Māori Trustee, etc
8 Contracts of Māori Trustee
9 Delegation of powers of Māori Trustee
10 Authorised officer may make declaration on behalf of Māori Trustee
11 Māori Trustee may accept special trusts
12 Pending grant of probate or administration, Māori Trustee may administer estates of deceased Maoris
12A Power of Māori Trustee to elect to administer small estates without grant of administration
12B Elections in respect of unadministered balance of an estate
12BA Court fees payable on elections, etc
12C Intestate estates
12D Application for probate in testate estates
12DA Appointment of Māori Trustee by executors, administrators, and trustees
12E Place of application
13 General authority for Māori Trustee to act as agent or trustee or in other representative capacity
13A Māori Trustee not required to give bond
13B Māori Trustee may enter into joint ventures
14 Māori Trustee may use revenues of land administered by him in acquisition of other land required for incidental purposes
14A Māori Trustee may recognise committee of beneficial owners
15 Māori Trustee may grant easements over land administered by him
16 Māori Trustee may sell personal property
16A Maori Trustee may sell personal property [Repealed]
Māori Trustee's Account
17 Māori Trustee's Account
18 Branch accounts [Repealed]
19 Cheques, etc, drawn on Maori Trustee's Account [Repealed]
20 Cheques, etc., drawn on branch account [Repealed]
21 Authority to sign cheques and other instruments [Repealed]
22 Other accounts
Separate funds within Māori Trustee's Account
23 Accounts within the Māori Trustee's Account
Special investment accounts
24 Māori Trustee may receive money for investment otherwise than in Common Fund
24A Māori Trustee may borrow money
Common Fund
25 Deposits in Common Fund
26 Money held in Common Fund invested in Fund
26A Management fees
26B Disclosure requirements
27 Guarantee of Common Fund
28 Investment of Common Fund
29 Margin of security
30 Unclaimed money in Common Fund
30A Unclaimed agency money
General Purposes Fund
31 Investment of money in General Purposes Fund
32 Special purposes for which money in General Purposes Fund may be used
32A Guarantees and indemnities
33 Authorising establishment and maintenance of Maori hostels out of General Purposes Fund
34 Assurance Fund [Repealed]
35 Limited authority to make donations out of General Purposes Fund for philanthropic or other purposes [Repealed]
36 Acquisition, use, and disposal of buildings
37 Māori Trustee may provide housing accommodation for officers of Department
38 Māori Trustee may apply money in General Purposes Fund for purposes of property vested in or controlled by him
39 Māori Trustee may acquire land on behalf of Maoris
40 Māori Trustee may acquire land to provide sites for Maori dwellings
41 Contribution to Consolidated Account towards expenses of Maori Trust Office [Repealed]
41A Reserved and Vested Land Purchase Fund [Repealed]
41B Payments out of Purchase Fund [Repealed]
41C Maori Trustee may purchase interests in reserved land and vested land [Repealed]
41D Maori Trustee may acquire uneconomic interests in reserved land and vested land [Repealed]
41E Disposition on interests acquired [Repealed]
41F Exemption from stamp duty [Repealed]
Miscellaneous provisions
42 Māori Trustee may accept chattel security, etc
43 Assignment of rents to Māori Trustee
44 Māori Trustee may apply money held by him on behalf of Maori in satisfaction of money payable to Māori Trustee by that Maori
45 Māori Trustee may accept payment and give discharge for money payable to Maoris
45A Payment to Māori Trustee of proceeds of Maori land held for 6 years or more
46 Court may direct that rents in respect of Maori land be paid to Māori Trustee
46A Māori Trustee not obliged to act on orders for payment
46B Assignment of money in hands of Māori Trustee
46C Power of Māori Trustee to make small payments without order
46D Disposition of small sums held for beneficiaries [Repealed]
47 Court may direct payment to Maori Trustee of compensation for land taken under Part 4 of Public Works Act 1928 [Repealed]
48 Māori Trustee may charge commission in respect of his services
48A Māori Trustee may bar small claims
49 Māori Trustee may register memorial of charge against land
50 Memorandum of extension of lease
51 Maori Trustee to furnish annual balance sheet [Repealed]
52 Regulations
53 Repeals and savings [Repealed]
ScheduleEnactments repealed
Māori Trustee Amendment Act 2009
Reprint notes
An Act to consolidate and amend certain provisions of the law relating to the Māori Trustee
Title: amended, on 1 July 2009, pursuant to section 30(2)(a) of the Māori Trustee Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 12).
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: