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Conservation Act 1987

Marginal strips

24E: Exchange of marginal strips

You could also call this:

"The Minister can trade a small piece of land for another piece to help conservation."

The Minister can swap a marginal strip for another piece of land by putting a notice in the Gazette. You can find out more about the purposes of marginal strips in section 24C. The Minister will only agree to the swap if it helps achieve these purposes.

When the Crown gets land in a swap, it is considered a marginal strip. The Minister can decide if the Crown needs to pay or receive money to make the swap fair. Any money the Crown receives goes into a special trust account and is used for the purposes of the Conservation Act.

The Minister or the Director-General can do what is needed to make the swap happen. The Registrar-General of Land is also allowed to update records and do other tasks to make the swap official.

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Part 4AMarginal strips

24EExchange of marginal strips

  1. The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, authorise the exchange of any marginal strip for another strip of land.

  2. The Minister shall not authorise the exchange of any marginal strip unless the Minister is satisfied that the exchange will better achieve the purposes specified in section 24C.

  3. The land taken by the Crown in exchange for any marginal strip shall be deemed to be reserved as marginal strip.

  4. The Minister may authorise the payment or receipt by the Crown of money by way of equality of exchange in any case under this section; and all money so received shall be paid into the Department of Conservation Grants and Gifts Trust Account, and shall be applied, without further appropriation than this section, for the purposes of this Act.

  5. The Minister or the Director-General may, on behalf of the Crown, do all such things as may be necessary to effect any exchange authorised under this section.

  6. The Registrar-General of Land is hereby authorised and directed to make such entries in registers and do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to exchanges authorised under this section.

Notes
  • Section 24E: inserted, on , by section 15 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
  • Section 24E(6): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).