New Zealand Legislation: Acts

14 Removal of resumptive memorials from land within Waikato claim area

• (1) Nothing in—

  • (a) Sections 8A to 8H of The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; or

  • (b) Sections 27A to 27C of The State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986; or

  • (c) Part 3 of The New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990; or

  • (d) The amendments made to The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 by Part 4 of The New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990; or

  • (e) Sections 211 to 213 of The Education Act 1989; or

  • (f) Any enactment equivalent to any of the enactments specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) of this subsection,—

  shall apply in relation to any land within the Waikato claim area.

  (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply in relation to any claim submitted to the Waitangi Tribunal under section 6 of The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, whether before or after the commencement of this section.

  (3) The Director-General shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement of this subsection, issue to the District Land Registrar one or more certificates that identify each certificate of title relating to land within the Waikato claim area that contains a memorial entered pursuant to any of the enactments referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

  (4) The District Land Registrar shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a certificate issued to that District Land Registrar under subsection (3) of this section and without fee,—

  • (a) Register the certificate against each certificate of title identified in the certificate; and

  • (b) Cancel each memorial that, pursuant to any of the enactments referred to in subsection (1) of this section, is entered on a certificate of title identified in the certificate.

  (5) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, subsections (1) to (4) of this section do not apply in respect of—

  • (a) The land specified in Schedule 2 to this Act; or

  • (b) The Maramarua land, as described in Attachment 10 to the deed of settlement.

  (6) Subject to subsection (7) of this section, the Governor-General may, by one or more Orders in Council, apply subsections (1) to (4) of this section to the whole or part of the Maramarua land referred to in subsection (5)(b) of this section.

  (7) No Order in Council shall be made under subsection (6) of this section in respect of any land unless the Minister is of the opinion that a final determination or a final recommendation has been made in respect of any relevant claims (including claims made by the Hauraki Maori Trust Board) in respect of the land to which the Order in Council relates.