New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) In meeting its objective under section 9, the Commission has the following functions:
(a) providing national leadership on walking access by—
(i) preparing and administering a national strategy; and
(ii) co-ordinating walking access among relevant stakeholders and central and local government organisations, including Sport and Recreation New Zealand:
(b) providing local and regional leadership on, and co-ordination of, walking access in collaboration with local authorities:
(c) compiling, holding, and publishing maps and information about land over which members of the public have walking access:
(d) providing advice on walking access to the Minister or any other person:
(e) facilitating resolution of disputes about walking access, including initiating negotiations about disputed issues, mediating disputes, and referring disputes to a court, tribunal, or other dispute resolution body:
(f) negotiating with landholders to obtain walking access (including walkways, which are one form of walking access) over public or private land:
(g) negotiating rights in addition to any walking access that is obtained, such as the right of access with firearms, dogs, bicycles, or motor vehicles:
(h) administering a fund to finance the activities of the Commission, or any other person, in obtaining, developing, improving, maintaining, administering, and signposting walking access over any land:
(i) receiving and managing private funding, contributions, or sponsorship for the promotion of walking access:
(j) researching, educating the public about, and participating in topics and programmes related to walking access:
(k) developing, promoting, and maintaining the code of responsible conduct:
(l) administering walkways under this Act, with planning and supervision focused at a local level:
(m) monitoring the compliance with, and enforcement of, this Act in relation to walkways.
(2) If the Commission is aware that a site is culturally sensitive, it must consider whether it is appropriate to publish a map or information indicating the location of the site before doing so.
