Road reserve may be dedicated as a road or street

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Reserves and Domains Amendment Act 1968

Public Act		1968 No 126
Date of assent		17 December 1968

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Rangers
3	Leasing of public reserves and domains
4	Admission charges to scenic reserves
5	Contributions by local authorities
6	Road reserve may be dedicated as a road or street
	Administrative information

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 1968, 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 inserting in subsection (10), after the words “that body”, the words “or, if the administering body is a local authority, then any suitable person whether an officer or servant of that body or not,”.

3 Leasing of public reserves and domains

Section 27 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (b) of subsection (9), and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(b)

The lease shall be for a term not exceeding thirty-three years, with or without a right of renewal, perpetual or otherwise, but with no right of acquiring the fee simple, and, subject to paragraph (bb) of this subsection, shall be on such other conditions as the Minister approves:

“(bb)

The lease shall include a condition that the land leased shall be used solely for such purposes of recreational development or amenities for the public as shall be specified in the lease and that upon breach of the condition the administering body, if the domain or reserve is vested in such a body, or the Minister in any other case, may terminate the lease in such manner as shall be prescribed in the lease, whereupon the land, together with all improvements, shall revert to the lessor without compensation payable to the lessee for improvements or otherwise:”.

4 Admission charges to scenic reserves

Section 61b of the principal Act (as inserted by section 2 of the Reserves and Domains Amendment Act 1958) is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:

“Provided that if the administering body is a local authority—

“(a)

Any fees or charges for admission demanded by any person, body, or society under paragraph (e) of that subsection may, to such extent as shall be approved by the administering body, exceed the amount or amounts from time to time specified by the Minister:

“(b)

The administering body may from time to time fix such other charges as it thinks fit with respect to any specified reserve, either generally or with respect to specified occasions, without the approval of the Minister being required.”

5 Contributions by local authorities

(1)

Section 79 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection (1) the words “moneys in its general fund or account”, and substituting the words “money in its general fund or account, or make advances from that fund or account to the administering body of the public reserve upon such terms and conditions as it thinks fit,”.

(2)

The said section 79 is hereby further amended by adding to subsection (1) the words “, and neither the local authority nor the administering body shall require further authority to enter into any such arrangement”.

6 Road reserve may be dedicated as a road or street

(1)

Section 98 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “or street”, in both places where they occur.

(2)

The said section 98 is hereby further amended by adding the following as subsection (2):

“(2)

For the purposes of this section the term ‘road’ includes any road, street, accessway, or service lane; and the expression ‘road reserve’ has a corresponding meaning.”

This Act is administered in the Department of Lands and Survey.

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