Maori Vested Lands Administration Act 1954 (No. 60). Country/Territory New Zealand Document type Legislation Date 1954 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the administration of certain land vested in the Māori Trustee and certain other Maori land subject to leases conferring on the lessees rights to compensation for improvements. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Lease Ownership Land valuation Traditional rights/customary rights Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act, consisting of 3 Parts and 2 Schedules, establishes that all land which immediately prior to the commencement of this Act was vested in the Maori Trustee subject to the provisions of Part 14 or Part 15 of the Maori Land Act 1931 shall, at the commencement of this Act, become vested land subject to the provisions of this Act. On the commencement of this Act, all vested land shall cease to be subject to any trusts theretofore applying to the land, and the land shall be administered and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this Act. This Act is divided as follows: Preliminary (I); Rights in respect of subsisting leases (II); Miscellaneous (III). Full text English Website www.legislation.govt.nz