New Zealand Legislation: Acts

7A Application of Act to Chatham Islands

• (1) Except as expressly provided in this Act, this Act applies to the Chatham Islands as if the Chatham Islands Council were a unitary authority.

  (2) Sections 12 to 18H (which relate to regional land transport programmes) apply with the necessary modifications to the Chatham Islands Council as if that Council were a unitary authority to which paragraph (b) of the definition of regional council applies, except that—

  • (a) the Chatham Islands Council, rather than a regional transport committee, prepares and consults on a regional land transport programme for the Chatham Islands; and

  • (b) in preparing its regional land transport programme, the Chatham Islands Council does not have a regional land transport strategy to take into account.

  (3) Nothing in sections 73 to 83 (which relate to regional land transport strategies) applies to the Chatham Islands Council.

  (4) Nothing in sections 105 to 107 (which relate to regional transport committees) applies to the Chatham Islands Council.

  Section 7A: inserted, on 1 August 2008, by section 8 of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).