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Foreshore and Seabed Endowment Revesting Amendment Act (No. 113 of 1994).

Country/Territory
New Zealand
Document type
Legislation
Date
1994
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil, Sea
Keyword
Land tenure Public land Ownership Coastal zone management Marine area
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act inserts a new section 9A to the principal Act endowing in the Crown all land that is (i) foreshore and seabed within the coastal marine area (within the meaning of the Resource Management Act 1991); or (ii) was foreshore, seabed or both, within the coastal marine area (within the meaning of that Act) on the 1st day of October 1991, and has been reclaimed (whether lawfully or otherwise) on or after that date and which is for the time being vested in the Crown, but not set aside for any public purpose or owned by anybody. Such land may only be disposed of pursuant to the Resource Management Act 1991, by special Act of Parliament or transfer to the Crown. The schedule lists other enactments amended.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Amends

Foreshore and Seabed Endowment Revesting Act (No. 103 of 1991).

Legislation | New Zealand | 1991

Keyword: Vested rights/existing rights, Land tenure, Public land, Ownership, Coastal zone management, Deep sea bed, Drainage/land reclamation, Maritime zone, Protected area, Zoning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX