New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

6 Fees payable to Māori Trustee

• (1) In respect of the matters specified in subclause (2), the Māori Trustee may charge such reasonable fee (plus goods and services tax, if any) that the Māori Trustee considers appropriate in the circumstances, having regard to the nature of the work and the time involved.

  (2) The matters are—

  • (a) conveyancing work undertaken by solicitors employed by the Māori Trustee:

  • (b) the execution or discharge of a memorial of charge by the Māori Trustee:

  • (c) the production of titles:

  • (d) the giving of consent by the Māori Trustee to any plan of subdivision:

  • (e) the giving of consent by the Māori Trustee as lessor or mortgagee in relation to leasehold transactions:

  • (f) the services of the Māori Trustee in clearing or otherwise putting in order the title to any land:

  • (g) the administration of any sinking fund created for the purposes of meeting compensation for improvements:

  • (h) the preparation and filing of any record relating to—

    • (i) the condition of any land subject to a lease; and

    • (ii) the particulars of any improvement made or to be made on that land.

  (3) No fee is payable under subclause (2)(f) if the Māori Trustee is acting as the agent of the owners under Part 9 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 in the sale of the land.

  (4) Any fee charged under subclause (2)(g) may be charged only on the termination of the sinking fund.

  (5) This regulation does not limit the application of section 48 of the Maori Trustee Act 1953.

  Compare: SR 1954/46 r 5A