Te Urewera Act 2014

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Version as at 28 October 2021

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Te Urewera Act 2014

Public Act
 
2014 No 51
Date of assent
 
27 July 2014
Commencement
 
see section 2
Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Department of Conservation.

Contents

1Title
2Commencement
Part 1
Te Urewera
Subpart 1—Background, purpose, and principles
3Background to this Act
4Purpose of this Act
5Principles for implementing this Act
Subpart 2—Interpretation and other matters
6Interpretation generally
7Interpretation
8Provisions to take effect on settlement date
9Act binds the Crown
10Outline
Subpart 3—Legal identity of Te Urewera and vesting of Te Urewera land
Legal entity
11Te Urewera declared to be legal entity
Te Urewera establishment land vested in Te Urewera
12Vesting of Te Urewera establishment land
13Te Urewera land inalienable
Amendment of other enactments
14National Parks Act 1980 amended
15Public Finance Act 1989 amended
Part 2
Governance and management of Te Urewera
Subpart 1—Te Urewera Board
Board established
16Board established
Purposes, functions, and powers of Board
17Purposes of Board
18Functions of Board
19General powers of Board
20Decision making affecting relationship of iwi and hapū with Te Urewera
Membership of Board
21Appointment of members of Board
22Disqualification
23Declaration required as condition of appointment
Chair and deputy chair of Board
24Chair
25Deputy chair
Terms for Board and members
26First and subsequent terms of Board
27Term for which members appointed
Vacancies
28Removal of member
29Vacancies
Liability
30Liability of members
Decision making
31Obligations of members of Board in decision making
32Role of chair in decision making
33Unanimous decisions
34Consensus decisions
35Mediation
36Decision by voting
37Decisions by committee
Financial provisions
38Budget of Board
39Revenue
Taxation
40Tax treatment of Te Urewera and Board
Application of other Acts
41Other statutory powers not affected
42Application of certain Acts
43Application of Resource Management Act 1991
Subpart 2—Te Urewera management plan
Preparation, approval, purpose, and scope of plan
44Obligation on Board to prepare and approve management plan for Te Urewera
45Purpose of Te Urewera management plan
46Contents of Te Urewera management plan
47Relationship between management plan and conservation planning documents
Review of management plan
48Review and amendment of management plan
Transitional
49Transitional provision
Subpart 3—Operational management of Te Urewera
50Responsibilities of chief executive and Director-General
51Board’s statement of priorities
52Powers and obligations
53Annual operational plan
54Kaimahi
Subpart 4—Authorisation of certain activities in Te Urewera
55Categories of activity
56Activities for which no authorisation required
57Requirements applying to authorisations
Activity permits
58Activities requiring activity permit
59Process for determining applications for activity permits
60Application of Wildlife Act 1953
61Relationship with Fish and Game Council
Concessions
62Activities requiring concessions
Authorisation for biological control
63Introduction of biological control organisms
64Crown Minerals Act 1991
Subpart 5—Review of governance and management of Te Urewera
65Independent review to be undertaken
66Appointment of reviewer or review panel
67Obligations of reviewer
68Response on review report
69Costs
Subpart 6—Bylaws, compliance and enforcement, offences, penalties, and other matters
Bylaws
70Board may make bylaws
Compliance and enforcement
71Compliance and enforcement policy and training
72Warranting
73Powers of warranted officers
74Constables
75Warrants under other legislation
Offences
76Offences in Te Urewera
77Offences against warranted officers
Penalties
78Penalties for specified offences
79Penalties not otherwise prescribed
80Penalties for offences committed for commercial gain
Proceedings
81Proceedings in respect of offences
82Limitation period for filing charging document
83Presumptions relating to offences
Control of dogs in Te Urewera
84Control of dogs
85Dog control permits
86Offences in relation to dogs
Fines payable to Board
87Board to receive fines
Part 3
Te Urewera land and related matters
Interpretation
88Interpretation
Subpart 1—Provisions for registration and other matters relating to Te Urewera land
89Registration of Te Urewera establishment land in Te Urewera
90Resumptive memorials to be cancelled
91Interests of registered proprietors of adjacent land not affected
92Existing interests to continue
93Application of other enactments
Official geographic names
94Official geographic names discontinued
Improvements
95Ownership of improvements
Liabilities
96Certain liabilities excluded
97Costs of meeting any liability
Easements required
98Easement over former Kainaha historic reserve
99Waikaremoana easements
Subpart 2—Land added to, or removed from, Te Urewera or interests acquired
100Land added to Te Urewera
101Criteria for adding land
102Other interests may be acquired
103Relevant considerations for determining whether land may be added or interests acquired
Addition of private land
104Proposal to add private land to Te Urewera
105Minister’s obligations
Addition of public conservation land
106Board’s obligations
107Minister’s obligations
Registration of land added to Te Urewera
108Registration of land added to Te Urewera
Unformed roads
109Stopping certain unformed roads adjoining Te Urewera land
110Registration of land added to Te Urewera if road stopped
Removal of land from Te Urewera
111Circumstances when land may be removed from Te Urewera
112Registration after land removed from Te Urewera
Subpart 3—Powers to establish special areas and to enter into covenants
Establishment of special areas within Te Urewera
113Recommendation to establish special areas in Te Urewera
114Criteria for recommendations to establish special areas
115Determination of recommendation to establish special areas
116Management of areas established under this subpart
117Minister may propose establishing specially protected area
Specially protected areas
118Authorisation of activities in specially protected areas
Wilderness areas
119Restrictions on activities in wilderness areas
120Criteria for authorising activities in wilderness areas
Amenity areas
121Limitation on purpose and principles
Power to covenant land
122Board may enter into covenants
123Scope of covenants
124Compliance and enforcement
125Legal effect and registration of covenant
Subpart 4—Provisions relating to certain parts of Te Urewera
Ruakituri Wilderness Area
126Ruakituri Wilderness Area
Te Whāiti
127Status of Te Whāiti changed
Onepoto
128Status of Onepoto changed
Tāwhiuau Maunga and Ngāti Manawa interests in western parts of Te Urewera
129Interpretation
130Vesting of Tāwhiuau Maunga in name of Tangiharuru
131Registration of Tāwhiuau Maunga in name of Tangiharuru
132Role of trustees of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Manawa
133Management of Tāwhiuau area
134Agreement between trustees of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Manawa and Te Urewera Board
135Application of other provisions
Interests of Ngāti Whare in certain parts of Te Urewera
136Agreement between trustees of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare and Te Urewera Board
Interests of Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana in Waikaremoana area
137Interests of Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana in Waikaremoana area
Subpart 5—Consequential amendments to other Acts
138Amendment to other Acts
Schedule 1
Land descriptions
Schedule 2
Further provisions relating to Board
Schedule 3
Further provisions relating to authorisations and administrative matters
Schedule 4
Further provisions relating to compliance and enforcement
Schedule 5
Consequential amendments to other Acts
Notes

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: