This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1980.

This Act shall come into force on the 28th day after the day on which it receives the Governor-General’s assent.

Whereas the land to which this section relates is State forest land subject to the Forests Act 1949:

And whereas it is desired that it should be declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948:

And whereas section 19(1) of the Forests Act 1949 prohibits the revocation of the setting apart of land as State forest land except by Parliament:

And whereas it is desired to ensure that a lease affecting the land to which subsection (3)(f) relates is not affected by the revocation of the State forest status of that land:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The setting apart of the land to which this section relates as State forest land is hereby revoked, and the land is hereby declared to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

The revocation of the setting apart as State forest land of the land to which subsection (3)(f) relates shall not affect the validity of the lease entered into on 4 August 1980 on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, as lessor, and Peter George Smyth, of Wairoa, farmer, as lessee, nor shall it affect the rights and obligations of the lessor and lessee under that lease.

This section relates to the following land:

Whereas section 3(2) of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1979 limits any lease or licence granted by the administering body of the reserve known as the Customhouse at Auckland to a term not exceeding 5 years:

And whereas it is expedient that the administering body should be empowered to grant leases or licences having a greater term with or without any right of renewal, in perpetuity or otherwise:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Section 3 of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1979 is hereby amended by repealing subsection (2), and substituting the following subsection:

Whereas the land to which this section relates was held by the Opotiki Mechanics’ Institute (in this section referred to as the Institute), a body duly incorporated under the Libraries and Mechanics Institutes Act 1908, in trust as a site for a Mechanics Institute:

And whereas the Institute purported to transfer the land referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) to the Opotiki Borough Council (now known as the Opotiki County Council and in this section referred to as the Council) on 16 February 1965 in trust for the purposes of a public library reserve:

And whereas the Institute purported to transfer the land referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection to the Council on 27 March 1969:

And whereas the land was at those times subject to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 and could not be so transferred by the Institute:

And whereas the Institute and the Council entered into a deed of trust dated 27 March 1969 relating to the holding and administering of the land referred to in the said paragraph (b) in trust for library centre purposes:

And whereas it is desirable that the title of the Council to the land should be confirmed as a reserve for public library centre purposes in respect of the land referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and as an endowment for public library centre purposes in respect of the land referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) is hereby vested in the Council for the purposes of a local purpose reserve (public library centre purposes) subject to the Reserves Act 1977 but free from all other trusts, reservations, and restrictions.

The land referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection is hereby vested in the Council as an endowment for public library centre purposes subject to existing leases and tenancies, but free from all other trusts, reservations, and restrictions.

This section relates to the following land in the Gisborne Land District, Opotiki County, being—

Whereas the land to which this section relates is included in the Tongariro National Park:

And whereas it is desired to exclude it from the National Park:

And whereas section 10(2) of the National Parks Act 1952 prohibits the exclusion of land from a National Park except by Act of Parliament:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land to which this section relates is hereby excluded from the Tongariro National Park.

This section relates to all those pieces of land in the Wellington Land District, Taumarunui County, containing 51.6354 hectares, more or less, being Sections 2 and 3, Block I, Ruapehu Survey District, and Sections 8, 9, and 10, Block IV, Manganui Survey District (SO Plan 28656).

Whereas the land to which this section relates is held by the Taranaki Harbours Board on trust for harbour purposes:

And whereas the Board wishes to return the land to the Crown:

And whereas the Board does not have power to dispose of land held by it on trust:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land to which this section relates is hereby vested in the Crown free from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions.

This section relates to all that piece of land comprising 4.0469 hectares, more or less, situated in the Taranaki Land District, Taranaki County, being Section 30, Bell District, situated in Block II, Paritutu Survey District, and being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 145/40, limited as to parcels (Taranaki Land Registry) (SO Plan 11588).

Whereas the land to which this section relates is included in the Egmont National Park:

And whereas the land does not meet the criteria established for National Park status:

And whereas it is desired to exclude it from the National Park:

And whereas the Minister of Lands has referred the proposal to exclude the land from the National Park to the Taranaki Maori Trust Board in accordance with section 6 of the Mount Egmont Vesting Act 1978:

And whereas section 10(2) of the National Parks Act 1952 prohibits the exclusion of land from a National Park except by Act of Parliament:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land to which this section relates is hereby excluded from the Egmont National Park.

This section relates to all those pieces of land situated in the Taranaki Land District, Taranaki County:

Whereas the land to which this section relates is included in the Abel Tasman National Park:

And whereas the land does not meet the criteria established for National Park status:

And whereas it is desired to exclude it from the National Park:

And whereas section 10(2) of the National Parks Act 1952 prohibits the exclusion of land from a National Park except by Act of Parliament:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land to which this section relates is hereby excluded from the Abel Tasman National Park.

This section relates to all those pieces of land situated in the Nelson Land District, Golden Bay County, being:

Whereas the land to which this section relates has been granted in fee simple:

And whereas the owners cannot be located and the land has been abandoned:

And whereas it is desired that the land should be resumed by Her Majesty, but subject to the right of the owners and any other persons having estates or interests in the land to claim and receive compensation:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Governor-General may, from time to time, by Proclamation made on the recommendation of the Minister of Lands, declare that any land, or any portion of the land, to which this section relates shall, as from a date specified in any such Proclamation, be vested in Her Majesty as Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948.

No land shall be so declared to be vested in Her Majesty so long as any person who is liable to pay rates on that land continues to pay those rates, except with the consent of that person.

Before recommending the making of a Proclamation under subsection (1), the Minister of Lands shall cause not less than 3 months’ notice of his intention to do so to be given in the Gazette and such newspaper or newspapers as he thinks fit.

If, at any time within 5 years after the date specified in any Proclamation issued under subsection (1), the registered proprietor or any other person having any estate or interest in any land to which the Proclamation relates adduces satisfactory evidence of title to or interest in that land, he shall be entitled to claim compensation for his interest in the land.

Such compensation shall be determined by the Land Settlement Board and shall, without further appropriation than this section, be paid out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

In no case shall such compensation exceed—

as determined by the Board as at the date of the Proclamation.

This section relates to all those pieces of land situated in the Nelson Land District, Buller County, comprising 1.1590 hectares more or less, being sections 1, 2, 5, 8, 22, 27, 30, 32, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 115, 123, 124, part Section 28, parts Section 50 and parts Section 127, Town of Denniston, situated in Block VI, Kawatiri Survey District (SO Plan 12601).

Whereas section 11 of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1979 excluded certain land from the Mount Aspiring National Park:

And whereas there is an error in the description of part of that land:

And whereas it is necessary to correct that error:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Section 11(2)(b) of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1979 is hereby amended by omitting the expression “containing 2 096 square metres”, and substituting the expression “containing 8.0070 hectares, more”.

Whereas Simeon Inder, of Blackstone Hill, butcher, was granted a lease in perpetuity over the land to which this section relates on 4 June 1907:

And whereas Simeon Inder died intestate and apparently without issue on 6 March 1927:

And whereas it appears that the land to which this section relates was occupied and farmed by Herbert Luke Inder of Blackstone Hill, farmer, brother of Simeon Inder, from the date of the granting of the lease until his death on 11 September 1961:

And whereas Robert Lyall Inder, son of Herbert Luke Inder, occupied and farmed the land from that date:

And whereas public advertising has not resulted in any person claiming an interest in the land:

And whereas it is desirable that the interest formerly held in the land by Simeon Inder should be transferred to Robert Lyall Inder:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The interest of Simeon Inder, as lessee, in the lease in perpetuity granted by the Crown to him over the land to which this section relates is hereby transferred to Robert Lyall Inder, nephew of Simeon Inder.

This section relates to all that piece of land situated in the Otago Land District, Maniototo County, containing 95.1719 hectares, more or less, being Section 22, Block VI, Blackstone Survey District, subject to LP 1480, Volume 150, folio 61 (Otago Registry).

Whereas the land to which this section relates was declared to be a closed cemetery vested in the Tuapeka County Council by a notice dated 10 October 1928 and published in the Gazette of that year at page 3019:

And whereas the graves in the cemetery are of historic interest:

And whereas it is desirable that the cemetery should be vested in the Crown as a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977:

And whereas it is not desirable that the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 should apply to the land:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land to which this section relates is hereby vested in the Crown as a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977.

Except for sections 51, 55, and 58 of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964, nothing in that Act shall apply to the land to which this section relates.

This section relates to all that piece of land in the Otago Land District, Tuapeka County, comprising 7 461 square metres, more or less, being Section 15, Block XII, Benger Survey District (SO Plan 3185).

Whereas a scheme for sale of certain land held by the University of Otago as an endowment for the University is provided for in section 16 of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1977:

And whereas it is desired to amend the scheme, by removing a provision that allows a reduction in the purchase price to be made where more than 25% of the purchase price is paid as a deposit, by providing for arbitration on the purchase price of land sold under the scheme, by providing for a reduction in the purchase price to be made in recognition of the value of the lessees’ goodwill in the leases of the land, and by empowering the Land Settlement Board to determine the date as at which the determinations of the purchase price and goodwill are to be made:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Section 16(4) of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1977 is hereby amended by repealing paragraphs (c) and (d), and substituting the following paragraph:

Section 16 of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1977 is hereby amended by repealing subsections (6) and (7), and substituting the following subsections:

Whereas the land to which this section relates was reclaimed by the Otago Harbour Board in or about 1917:

And whereas the land has not been vested in the Board nor in any other person:

And whereas the Board has purported to grant leases of some of the land:

And whereas it is expedient that the land be vested in the Board and that the validity of the leases granted by the Board be confirmed:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The land to which this section relates is hereby vested in the Otago Harbour Board.

Every lease that has been granted by the Otago Harbour Board in respect of the land is hereby declared to be as valid as it would be if the land had been vested in the Board at the time when the lease was granted.

This section relates to all that piece of land situated in the Otago Land District, Dunedin City, comprising 1.7751 hectares, more or less, being Section 5 (formerly Part Otago Harbour) Block LXXVIII, Town of Dunedin, Otago Land District (SO Plan 19405).

Whereas the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 and certain regulations made under that Act are still in force:

And whereas it appears that the provisions of that Act are spent:

And whereas it is desirable to repeal that Act and the regulations made under that Act:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 is hereby repealed.

The following regulations are hereby revoked:

District Land Registrars are hereby authorised and directed to make such entries in their respective registers, and do all such other things, as may be necessary to give full effect to the provisions of this Act.