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Part 2Naming of geographic features and Crown protected areas
Exceptions to certain notification requirements: Features outside territorial limits of New Zealand

26Adoption of existing names for undersea features

  1. The Board may review, and, if appropriate, adopt as official geographic names the existing names of undersea features that are within the Board’s jurisdiction, for example, names published in the GEBCO Gazetteer or on official charts or official maps.

  2. If the Board exercises its power under subsection (1),—

  3. the provisions of sections 16 to 20 do not apply; but
    1. the Board must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give public notice of the names adopted under subsection (1) in accordance with section 21(2).