New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
access rights has the meaning set out in section 7
applicant group means a group that applies, or on whose behalf an application is made, to the High Court for a finding under section 33
board, in relation to a foreshore and seabed reserve, means the board—
(a) that administers the foreshore and seabed reserve; and
(b) whose members are appointed in accordance with section 43
Chief Executive means the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Justice
Chief Judge has the same meaning as in section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
Chief Registrar means the Chief Registrar of the Māori Land Court appointed under section 14 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
customary rights order means a public foreshore and seabed customary rights order made by—
(a) the Māori Land Court under section 50; or
(b) the High Court under section 74
enactment—
(a) has the meaning given to it by section 29 of the Interpretation Act 1999; and
(b) includes—
(i) any bylaws made by a local authority under the authority of an enactment; and
(ii) any plan or proposed plan under the Resource Management Act 1991; and
(iii) any resource consent under the Resource Management Act 1991
foreshore and seabed—
(a) means the marine area that is bounded,—
(i) on the landward side by the line of mean high water springs; and
(ii) on the seaward side, by the outer limits of the territorial sea; and
(b) includes the beds of rivers that are part of the coastal marine area (within the meaning of the Resource Management Act 1991); and
(c) includes the bed of Te Whaanga Lagoon in the Chatham Islands; and
(d) includes the air space and the water space above the areas described in paragraphs (a) to (c); and
(e) includes the subsoil, bedrock, and other matters below the areas described in paragraphs (a) to (c)
foreshore and seabed reserve means a specified area of the public foreshore and seabed—
(a) in respect of which a finding in favour of the applicant group has been made by the High Court under section 33; and
(b) that, by order of the High Court under section 43,—
(i) is set apart and established as a foreshore and seabed reserve; and
(ii) is administered by a board whose members are guardians of the reserve
guardians means the members of the board of a foreshore and seabed reserve
holder means—
(a) the legal entity that holds an order made under section 50; and
(b) in relation to an order made under section 74, the person that represents the group on whose behalf an application is made under section 68
kaitiakitanga has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991
legal entity means—
(a) the legal entity declared by the Māori Land Court to hold a customary rights order made under section 50; and
(b) the person declared by the High Court to hold a customary rights order made under section 74; and
(c) in relation to an iwi, hapū, or whānau, a legal entity constituted under another enactment; and
(d) in relation to a whānau, a natural person
local authority has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002
management plan means a plan prepared by the guardians of a foreshore and seabed reserve in accordance with section 44
Māori Appellate Court means the court continued by section 50 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
Māori Land Court means the court continued by section 6 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
natural and physical resources has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991
plan has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991
proposed plan has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991
public foreshore and seabed—
(a) means the foreshore and seabed; but
(b) does not include any land that is, for the time being, subject to a specified freehold interest
public foreshore and seabed register means the register established, administered, and amended by sections 92 and 93
public notice means a notice published not fewer than 3 times, with an interval of not less than 7 days between each publication, in—
(a) a principal metropolitan newspaper circulating predominantly in each of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin; and
(b) a newspaper circulating predominantly in the area to which the relevant matter applies
recognised customary activity has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991
Registrar means the Registrar-General of Land appointed under section 4 of the Land Transfer Act 1952
resource consent has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991
road—
(a) has the same meaning as in section 315(1) of the Local Government Act 1974; and
(b) includes a motorway within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Government Roading Powers Act 1989
specified freehold interest means an interest that, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person other than the Crown or a local authority has as the owner of—
(a) an estate in fee simple for which a certificate of title or computer freehold register—
(i) has, before that commencement, been issued; or
(ii) is, at that commencement, to be issued on the basis of an instrument lodged with the Registrar before that commencement; or
(b) Māori freehold land within the meaning of section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993; or
(c) land subject to the Deeds Registration Act 1908
territorial customary rights has the meaning it is given in section 32
territorial sea has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977
tikanga Māori has the same meaning as in section 4 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
wāhi tapu has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Historic Places Act 1993
Section 5 road paragraph (b): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
