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Maori Purposes Act (No 2) 1973

Public Act	1973 No 106
Date of assent	23 November 1973

Note

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Maori Development.

Contents

Part 1
Amendments to Maori Affairs Act 1953

2 This Part to form part of the Maori Affairs Act 1953

3 Interests in Maori land may be purchased to help vendor's housing needs

4 Interests in Maori land may be mortgaged to State Loan Department

5 Acquisition of certain land by the Crown

6 Power to disregard terms of trusts in sales to Crown repealed

7 Power of Crown to buy undivided interests in special cases repealed

8 Execution of instruments

9 Crown may acquire land pursuant to resolution of assembled owners

10 Crown land sold to Maoris may be vested in trustees

11 Payment of purchase money by Crown

12 New sections inserted

370A Acquisition of land by Board of Maori Affairs for owners of scheme

370B Land may be vested in owners

13 Declaration of Maori land as European land

14 Vesting Crown land in Maoris

15 Maori reservations

16 Court's action on applications following investigation by Improvement Officer

17 Court may vest Maori land in successors without grant of administration

Part 2
Miscellaneous amendments to Maori legislation

18 Operations on Maori Trustee's bank accounts

19 Disposal of interests in reserved and vested land [Repealed]

20 Acquisition of Maori land for rental accommodation

21 Operation on Maori Trust Board bank accounts

22 Wi Pere Trust [Repealed]

23 Return of Owhaoko Gift Blocks to donors

24 Allotment 27, Parish of Rangitaiki

An Act to amend the law relating to Maoris and Maori land, and for other purposes