New Zealand Legislation: Acts

5 Jurisdiction of Tribunal to consider claims

• Section 6 is amended by repealing subsections (8) to (32) and substituting the following subsection:

  • “(8) Despite anything in this Act or in any other Act or rule of law,—

    • “(a) the jurisdiction of the Tribunal is subject to the enactments listed in Schedule 3; and

    • “(b) without limiting paragraph (a), the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction, in relation to licensed land (within the meaning of the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989) in the takiwā of Ngāi Tahu Whānui, to make a recommendation for compensation or for the return of the land to Māori ownership.”