Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998

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Reprint as at 1 December 2020

Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998

Public Act		1998 No 65
Date of assent		23 June 1998
Commencement		23 June 1998

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This Act is administered by Land Information New Zealand.

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Interpretation
3	Act binds the Crown
	Part 1 Pastoral leases and occupation licences
	Pastoral leases
4	Tenure
5	Term
6	Special provisions relating to calculation of rent payable for first 11 years of first renewal of pastoral lease granted before 30 November 1979 [Repealed]
7	Special provisions relating to calculation of rent payable for first 11 years of pastoral lease granted after 29 November 1979 [Repealed]
8	Calculation of rent payable under pastoral leases after first 11 years [Repealed]
9	Stock limitations
10	Renewal of lease after expiry
11	Belated exchange of pastoral leases for renewable leases
	Occupation licences
12	Tenure
13	Term and expiry
14	Limited grant of further occupation licence
	Pastoral land generally
15	Burning of vegetation
16	Activities affecting or disturbing soil
17	Permission under other enactments still needed
18	Discretionary actions
19	Breaches of statutory or contractual provisions
20	Boundary disputes
21	Boundary adjustments
22	Travelling stock
	Application of Land Act 1948
23	Application of Land Act 1948
	Part 1A Setting rents for pastoral leases
23A	Purpose of this Part
23B	Formula for calculating annual rents for pastoral leases
23C	Commissioner to appoint Crown assessors to determine carrying capacities of pastoral leases
23D	Initial assessment of carrying capacity by Crown assessors
23E	Process if lessee accepts, or fails to respond to, initial assessment
23F	Framework for dispute resolution if lessee rejects initial assessment
23G	Duties of parties during dispute resolution before resolution hearing
23H	Resolution hearing
23I	Recording and noting carrying capacities
23J	Appeals on questions of law
23K	Exclusion from liability
23L	Functions, duties, and powers of Valuer-General
23M	Delegation of Valuer-General’s functions, duties, and powers
23N	Regulation-making power
23O	Rule-making power
23P	Valuer-General may designate individuals eligible to be appointed as assessors and expert determiners
23Q	Service of notices
	Part 2 Tenure reviews
	General
24	Objects of Part 2
25	Matters to be taken into account by Commissioner
26	Consultation
	Tenure reviews
27	Commissioner may undertake reviews of land held under pastoral lease
28	Inclusion of land held under occupation licence
29	Inclusion of unused Crown land
30	Inclusion of freehold land
31	Inclusion of conservation area and reserve
32	Administration of reviews
33	Discontinuance of reviews
	Preliminary proposals
34	Preliminary proposals may be put to holders
35	Designation of land held under reviewable instrument, freehold land, and unused Crown land
36	Qualified designations
37	Designation of conservation area
38	Designation of reserves
39	Information to be included in respect of concessions
40	Protective mechanisms
41	Provisional consent of Minister of Conservation needed for some designations
42	Proposal may be conditional on acceptance by other holders
43	Commissioner to give notice of preliminary proposals
44	Consultation with iwi authority
45	Information to be given to Minister of Conservation
	Substantive proposals
46	Substantive proposals may be put to holders
47	Commissioner to consider submissions
	Duties of Minister of Conservation in relation to proposed concessions
48	Consent of Minister of Conservation needed for proposed concessions
49	No consent to easement if other concession more appropriate
50	No consent if inadequate information provided
51	Matters to be considered
52	Proposed concessions over marginal strip
53	Conditions generally
54	Rents, fees, and royalties
55	Term
	Duty of Minister of Conservation in relation to proposed exchanges of conservation area
56	Consent of Minister of Conservation needed for proposed exchanges of conservation area
	Proposal to appoint manager of marginal strip
57	Consent of Minister of Conservation needed for proposed appointment of manager of marginal strip
	Powers and duties of Minister of Conservation in relation to proposed disposal of reserves
58	Proposed disposal of reserve otherwise than by concession
	Powers in relation to proposed creation of certain easements and covenants
59	Consent needed for some designations
	Acceptance of substantive proposals, and consequences of acceptance
60	Acceptances
61	Notice of proposal may be registered against title to protect acceptance
62	Final plan to be prepared
63	Approval of plan
64	Commissioner to register accepted proposals and approved plans
65	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to land designated to be restored to Crown ownership
66	Land vesting as conservation area subject to granting of concession
67	Land vesting as conservation area subject to appointment of manager of marginal strip
68	Land vesting as reserve subject to granting of concession
69	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to reviewable land designated to be disposed of
70	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to unused Crown land designated to be conservation area subject to granting of concession
71	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to unused Crown land designated to be conservation area subject to appointment of manager of marginal strip
72	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to unused Crown land designated to be reserve subject to granting of concession
73	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to unused Crown land designated to be retained in Crown ownership subject to granting of special lease or grazing permit
74	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to unused Crown land designated to be disposed of
75	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to conservation area subject to granting of concession
76	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to conservation area subject to appointment of manager of marginal strip
77	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to conservation area designated to be exchanged
78	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to reserve subject to granting of concession
79	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to reserve designated to be exchanged
80	Creation of protective mechanisms
81	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to freehold land designated to be restored to Crown ownership
82	Payments to the Crown
	Part 3 Reviews of other Crown land
	General
83	Objects of Part 3
84	Matters to be taken into account by Commissioner
85	Consultation
	Procedure
86	Commissioner to review certain Crown land
87	Provisional consent of Minister of Conservation needed for some designations
88	Certain provisions of Part 2 relating to preliminary proposals to apply
89	Commissioner may adopt substantive proposals
90	Certain provisions of Part 2 relating to substantive proposals to apply
91	Consent of Minister of Conservation needed for some designations
	Effect of substantive proposals
92	Effect of registration of approved plan in relation to land designated to be retained in Crown ownership
93	Creation of protective mechanisms
94	Disposal
	Part 4 Provisions applicable to all reviews
95	Improvements on land held under occupation licence
96	Implementation not subdivision
97	Sustainable management covenants
98	Application of sections 25 and 84 to section 97
99	Commissioner to meet certain official costs
100	Application of sections 17 and 18 of Land Act 1948
	Part 5 Savings, and consequential amendments and repeals
101	Savings
102	Consequential amendments to Land Act 1948
103	Director-General to administer special leases and grazing permits over certain reserves
104	Consequential repeals
	Schedule 1 Consequential amendments to Land Act 1948
	Schedule 2 Consequential repeals
	Crown Pastoral Land (Rent for Pastoral Leases) Amendment Act 2012
	Reprint notes

An Act—

(a)

to establish a system for reviewing the tenure of Crown land held under certain perpetually renewable leases; and

(b)

to establish a system for determining how Crown land formerly held under pastoral occupation licence, and certain other Crown land, should be dealt with; and

(c)

otherwise to provide for the administration of Crown pastoral land

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