(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Court means the Maori Land Court
Land Valuation Tribunal or Tribunal means a Land Valuation Tribunal established under the Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948; and the Land Valuation Tribunal or the Tribunal, when used in relation to any land, means the particular Land Valuation Tribunal to which any application or appeal or matter arising under this Act and relating to that land has been made or referred
Land Valuation Tribunal: this definition was inserted by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977.
Lessee includes the successors, executors, administrators, and assigns of a lessee
Maori reserve means land constituted a Maori reserve by or pursuant to this Act
Minister means the Minister of Maori Affairs
Prescribed lease means a lease in either of the forms of lease prescribed in Schedule 2 to this Act
Reserved land means land constituted reserved land by this Act
Settlement reserve means land constituted a settlement reserve by this Act
Township land means land constituted township land by this Act
Valuation Court means the High Court, including the additional members holding office under the Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948, in the exercise of its jurisdiction under that Act.
Valuation Court: this definition was substituted by section 15 of the Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1968.
Valuation Court: the words “High Court”
were substituted, as from 1 April 1980, for the words the “Supreme Court”
pursuant to section 12 Judicature Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 124).
Valuation Court: the words “High Court”
were substituted, as from 15 August 1991, for the words “Administrative Division of the High Court”
pursuant to section 3(5) Judicature Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 60).