New Zealand Legislation: Acts

10 Meaning of allotment

• (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, allotment means a parcel of land—

  • (a) that is a continuous area of land; and

  • (b) whose boundaries are shown on a survey plan, whether or not as a subdivision—

    • (i) approved by way of a subdivision consent granted under the Resource Management Act 1991; or

    • (ii) allowed or granted under any other Act; and

  • (c) that is—

    • (i) subject to the Land Transfer Act 1952 and comprised in 1 certificate of title or for which 1 certificate of title could be issued under that Act; or

    • (ii) not subject to that Act and was acquired by its owner under 1 instrument of conveyance.

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an allotment is taken—

  • (a) to be a continuous area of land even if part of it is physically separated from any other part by a road or in any other manner, unless the division of the allotment into those parts has been allowed by a subdivision consent granted under the Resource Management Act 1991 or a subdivision approval under any former enactment relating to the subdivision of land:

  • (b) to include the balance of any land from which any allotment is being or has been subdivided.

  Compare: 1991 No 150 s 4