Reserves and Domains Amendment Act 1966
Reserves and Domains Amendment Act 1966
Reserves and Domains Amendment Act 1966
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Reserves and Domains Amendment Act 1966
Public Act |
1966 No 26 |
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Date of assent |
16 September 1966 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Reserves and Domains Act 1953
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Domains Amendment Act 1966, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Rangers
Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:
“(11)
Every member of an administering body of a reserve (not being an officer of the Department of Lands and Survey) shall, by virtue of his office, be deemed to be a ranger in an honorary capacity for the purposes of this Act during his period of membership of that body, and with respect to every such member the following provisions shall apply:
“(a)
He shall exercise the duties of a ranger only in or with respect to the reserve controlled by the administering body of which he is a member:
“(b)
The administering body shall supply to him a written warrant signed by the Secretary or Clerk of the administering body signifying that he is an honorary ranger, and production of that warrant shall be sufficient proof for all purposes that he is an honorary ranger for the purposes of this Act:
“(c)
On the termination of his membership of the administering body, he shall surrender to the Secretary or Clerk of that body the warrant of office issued to him pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection.”
3 Declaration of private scenic reserves
(1)
Section 58 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting in subsection (1), after the words “any private land”
, the words “or the lessee or licensee of any Crown land”
.
(2)
Section 58 of the principal Act is hereby further amended—
(a)
By inserting in subsection (3), after the words “the land comprised therein”
, the words “or, as the case may be, the interest of the lessee or licensee”
:
(b)
By inserting in the proviso to subsection (3), after the words “the owner”
in each place where they appear, the words “or lessee or licensee”
.
4 Disposal of proceeds from sale of timber removed from scenic reserves
Section 62 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:
“(3)
The proceeds from the sale of any trees removed from a scenic reserve shall be paid into the Public Account to the credit of the Trust Account, and the Minister may direct that those proceeds shall be applied towards—
“(a)
The management, administration, or improvement of any scenic reserve; or
“(b)
The acquisition of land for—
“(i)
The purposes of a new scenic reserve; or
“(ii)
The addition of land to an existing scenic reserve.”
5 Audit of Domain Board accounts
Section 76 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (3), and substituting the following subsection:
“(3)
The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of section 88 of the Public Revenues Act 1953 shall apply with respect to the audit of the accounts of every Board or other administering body as if it were a local authority within the meaning of section 87 of that Act.”
6 Approval of Minister of Finance not required when purchasing land for reserves in certain cases
Section 78 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) (as amended by section 17(1) of the Reserves and Domains Amendment Act 1956), after the words “other than for a public domain”
, the words “or a scenic reserve”
.
This Act is administered in the Department of Lands and Survey.
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