New Zealand Legislation: Acts

4 Minister may require reports as to land to be reserved or otherwise protected

• (1) The Minister may from time to time, in order to decide whether any land should be reserved or otherwise protected, cause inquiries or general surveys to be made regarding any land which may possess scenic, historic, cultural, archaeological, biological, geological, or other scientific features or interest, or indigenous flora or fauna, or wildlife, or recreational or natural environment interest:

  Provided that no excavation or other activities may be made or carried on on any private land or any Crown land subject to a Crown lease without the consent of the owner of the land first being obtained:

  Provided also that no excavation or other activities shall be made or carried on that would contravene the provisions of the Historic Places Act 1993.

  (2) Where any such land is Crown land, it may be set apart as a reserve under section 167 of the Land Act 1948.

  (3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) of this section, every New Zealand wide—

  • (a) Survey of the sea coast, its bays and inlets and off-shore islands, or of lakeshores and riverbanks; or

  • (b) Survey of conservation and outdoor-recreation requirements; or

  • (c) Biological survey of scenic, nature, and scientific reserves—

  that has been commenced but not completed before the commencement of this Act, shall be continued, completed, and from time to time kept under review.

  Compare: 1953 No 69 ss 57, 67

  In subsection (1) the reference to the “Historic Places Act 1993” has been substituted for a reference to the “Historic Places Act 1954”, which was consolidated by the Historic Places Act 1980. The 1980 Act was consolidated, as from 1 July 1993, by section 118(1) Historic Places Act 1993 (1993 No 38).