Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Act 1977 No 102 (as at 03 September 2007), Public Act

Act by section

2 Interpretation
  • In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    Board means the board of directors

    Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board

    Chairperson: this definition was substituted for a definition of Chairman, as from 12 June 1991, by section 2(1) Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).

    Committee means a committee appointed under section 10 of this Act

    Covenantor, in relation to an open space covenant, means the owner or lessee for the time being of the area to which the covenant applies

    Covenantor: this definition was inserted, as from 12 June 1991, by section 2(2) Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).

    Crown lease means a lease or licence granted under the Land Act 1948 or under any former Land Act; and lessee has a corresponding meaning

    Deputy Chairman

    [Repealed]

    Deputy Chairman: this definition was repealed, as from 12 June 1991, by section 2(3) Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).

    Director means a director of the Trust appointed under section 4 of this Act

    Maori land has the same meaning as it has in section 2(1) of the Maori Affairs Act 1953

    Member means a member of the Trust under section 5 of this Act

    Minister means the Minister of Conservation

    Minister: this definition was amended, as from 1 April 1987, by section 65(1) Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65) by substituting the word Conservation for the word Lands.

    Open space means any area of land or body of water that serves to preserve or to facilitate the preservation of any landscape of aesthetic, cultural, recreational, scenic, scientific, or social interest or value

    Owner, in relation to any private land, includes any person having any interest in that land

    Private land means any land that is for the time being held in fee simple by any person other than Her Majesty the Queen; and also means Maori land

    Reserve means a public reserve as defined in section 2(1) of the Reserves Act 1977

    Reserve: In this definition the reference to the Reserves Act 1977 replaced a reference to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 pursuant to section 125(1) Reserves Act 1977 (1977 No 66), as from 1 April 1978.

    Trust means the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust established by section 3 of this Act

    Trust Fund means the National Trust Fund established by section 23 of this Act

    Trust land means any land, or interest in land, of the Trust; but does not mean land that is subject to an open space covenant.