New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
the Act means Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
applicant means the person by whom an application under section 173 of the Act is made
assembled owners, in relation to any land, means the owners of the land assembled together in a meeting called and held in accordance with Part 9 of the Act
court means, as the case may require, the Maori Land Court or the Maori Appellate Court or both
owners, in relation to any area of land, means the persons who are beneficially entitled to that land in fee simple as tenants in common, whether legal or equitable or, in the case of any such persons who are deceased, their administrators; and includes, but not to the exclusion of the persons entitled in remainder, the owner of a beneficial freehold interest for life, or any other beneficial freehold interest less than the fee simple, in any land or in any share in land
person under disability has the meaning given to that term by section 210 of the Act
recording officer means the Registrar of the court for the district in which the land to be dealt with by the meeting of the assembled owners is situated; and includes a Deputy Registrar or any other officer of the court appointed as recording officer for the meeting of assembled owners by the Registrar
trustee, in relation to any interests in Maori land or General land owned by Maori, includes—
(a) where an owner of any such interests is a person under disability, any trustee of that owner:
(b) where a whanau trust or a putea trust or a kai tiaki trust is established under Part 12 of the Act in respect of any such interests, that trust.
(2) In determining for the purposes of these regulations the term of any lease, the term or terms for which the proposed lessee would be entitled to a renewal of the lease shall be deemed to be part of the original term of the lease.
(3) Terms and expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings assigned to them by sections 3 and 4 of the Act.
Compare: 1953 No 94 s 310; SR 1957/31 r 2
