Reprint as at 1 April 2011
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Title
[Repealed]
1 Short Title and commencement
1A Purpose
2 Interpretation
3 Act to bind the Crown
4 Minister may acquire protected New Zealand objects
Part 1Protected New Zealand objects, unlawfully exported protected foreign objects, and stolen protected foreign objects
Protected New Zealand objects
5 Export prohibition
6 Applications for permission to export protected New Zealand objects
7 Chief executive must refuse or grant applications for permission to export
7A Chief executive may not grant applications for permission to export in certain circumstances
Expert examiners
7B Expert examiners
7C Matters expert examiners must consider
7D Expert examiners must recommend that applications for permission to export not be granted in certain circumstances
7E Protection from liability
Registered objects
7F Register
7G Registered object may not be permanently exported
Certificate of permission
7H Certificate of permission
8 Conditions imposed by chief executive
9 Appeal against chief executive’s decision
10 Application of Customs and Excise Act 1996
Unlawfully exported protected foreign objects
10A Import prohibitions
10B Claims for return of unlawfully exported protected foreign objects
10C Compensation for and costs of returning unlawfully exported protected foreign objects
Stolen protected foreign objects
10D Objects stolen from foreign cultural institution
10E Restitution of stolen protected foreign objects
Application
10F Application of certain sections
Part 2Ngā taonga tūturu ownership and Maori Land Court
11 Establishing the ownership and custody of ngā taonga tūturu
11A Taonga tūturu found in customary marine title area
12 Maori Land Court’s jurisdiction over ngā taonga tūturu
Part 3Miscellaneous
13 Disposal of ngā taonga tūturu
14 Registration of collectors
14A Duties of executors
15 Licensing of auctioneers and secondhand dealers
16 Certificate of examination to be issued by an authorised public museum
17 Disclosure of information
18 Replica of taonga tūturu
18A Wilful damage
19 Expenses of administration [Repealed]
20 Annual report
21 Saving of other enactments
22 Regulations
23 Consequential amendments
24 Repeals
Schedule 1Authorised public museums
Schedule 2UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
Schedule 3UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects
Schedule 4Categories of protected New Zealand objects
Reprint notes
Title: repealed, on 1 November 2006, by section 4 of the Protected Objects Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 37).