New Zealand Legislation: Acts

6 Relationship between this Act and other Acts and instruments

• (1) The provisions of the Trustee Act 1956 and the Administration Act 1969 are to be read and applied—

  • (a) so as not to affect any of the express provisions of this Act; and

  • (b) as subordinate to the provisions of this Act.

  (2) All powers and authorities conferred by this Act on Public Trust—

  • (a) are additional to any other powers and authorities Public Trust has under any enactment, instrument, or law; and

  • (b) do not limit or restrict those other powers and authorities.

  (3) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Act, the provisions of this Act are not restricted by any other enactment or law, and—

  • (a) all rights, powers, and remedies conferred by any other enactment or law upon Public Trust or upon any court, Judge, or other person remain unrestricted; and

  • (b) the rights, powers, and remedies conferred by this Act are in addition to and not in derogation of those other rights, powers, and remedies; and

  • (c) the rights, powers, and remedies conferred by this Act, and those other rights, powers, and remedies, are capable of being exercised either independently or in aid of one another.

  (4) Section 100 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 does not apply to the exercise of any authority or power Public Trust has under any enactment, instrument, or law to—

  • (a) invest any estate money, or invest the common fund, or invest any group investment fund; or

  • (b) settle, or be or appoint a trustee of, a trust.

  (5) Subsection (4) does not limit subsection (3).

  Compare: 1957 No 36 s 139

  Subsections (4) and (5) were inserted, as from 25 January 2005, by section 200 Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).