Crown Minerals Act 1991

61B Access arrangements in respect of Crown land where mineral not property of the Crown

• (1) The appropriate Minister may, by agreement, enter into an access arrangement in respect of Crown land for the purpose of granting access to any mineral that is not the property of the Crown.

  (2) In considering whether to agree to an access arrangement in respect of Crown land for that purpose, the appropriate Minister must have regard to—

  • (a) the objectives of any Act under which the land is administered; and

  • (b) any purpose for which the land is held by the Crown; and

  • (c) any policy statement or management plan of the Crown in relation to the land; and

  • (d) the safeguards against any potential adverse effects of carrying out the proposed programme of work in relation to the mineral; and

  • (e) the interests of the owner of the mineral, or of any person to whom the owner of the mineral has granted any rights in relation to the mineral, in obtaining access to that mineral; and

  • (f) such other matters as the appropriate Minister considers relevant.

  (3) Where the owner of the mineral or any person to whom the owner of the mineral has granted any rights in relation to the mineral, as the case may be, has secured the right, under the Resource Management Act 1991, to exclusive occupation of Crown land in the coastal marine area (as defined in section 2(1) of that Act), it is not necessary for the owner of the mineral or that person to enter into an access arrangement in respect of that land.

  Section 61B: inserted, on 29 October 1997, by section 3 of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 82).