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Conservation Act 1987

Administration

60: Acquisition of land for administrative purposes

You could also call this:

"The government can buy or sell land to help manage the environment and conservation in New Zealand."

The Director-General can buy land or an interest in land for the Department's purposes and to help run the Conservation Act. You can think of the Department like a team that looks after New Zealand's natural environment. The Director-General is like the leader of this team.

The Director-General can sell land or an interest in land that was bought for the Department's purposes, but only if the land is not a conservation area or Crown land at the time of sale. Crown land is land that belongs to the government. The Director-General must follow some rules, like those in section 50(2) and the Land Act 1948, but not all of them.

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Part 7Administration

60Acquisition of land for administrative purposes

  1. The Director-General may acquire land or any interest in land for the purposes of the Department and the due administration of this Act.

  2. The Director-General may on behalf of the Sovereign, without complying with any provision of this Act (other than section 50(2)) or any provision of the Land Act 1948, dispose of—

  3. any land acquired under subsection (1); or
    1. any interest in any such land; or
      1. any interest in land (being an interest acquired under subsection (1))—
          1. if the land concerned is, at the time of disposal, neither a conservation area nor Crown land.

        Notes
        • Section 60 heading: substituted, on , by section 2(1) of the Conservation Amendment Act (No 2) 1988 (1988 No 237).
        • Section 60(1): amended, on , by section 2(1) of the Conservation Amendment Act (No 2) 1988 (1988 No 237).
        • Section 60(2): added, on , by section 2(2) of the Conservation Amendment Act (No 2) 1988 (1988 No 237).
        • Section 60(2): editorial change made by the PCO, on , under sections 86(1) and 87(a) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).