Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill

82 Authority for alteration of Gazetteer in respect of certain sites

• (1) If a site vested under subpart 4 comprised, immediately before the vesting, the whole of a reserve or conservation area and an official geographic name was assigned to the site under the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008,—

  • (a) that official geographic name is discontinued; and

  • (b) the Board must ensure that, as soon as reasonably practicable after the settlement date, that official geographic name is removed from the Gazetteer.

  (3) However, if a site vested under subpart 4 comprises only part of a reserve or conservation area to which an official geographic name had been assigned,—

  • (a) the official geographic name is discontinued only in respect of the part of the site that is vested under subpart 4; and

  • (b) the Board must amend the Gazetteer so that the official geographic name applies only to the part of the reserve or conservation area that is not vested under subpart 4.

  (4) If a site is vested under subpart 4, and reserved and classified as a scenic reserve under that subpart, the scenic reserve does not become a Crown protected area.

  (4A) The Minister must not change the name of a reserve site under section 16(10) of the Reserves Act 1977 without the written consent of the administering body of the site, and section 16(10A) of that Act does not apply to the proposed change.

  (5) In this section, Board, Crown protected area, Gazetteer, and official geographic name have the meanings given in section 4 of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008.