New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008

Naming of geographic features and Crown protected areas - Review of proposals for naming Crown protected areas - Proposals notified and consulted on under another enactment

28: Process if Board concurs

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"What happens when the Board agrees with a proposed name"

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If the Board agrees with a proposed name, they do not have to put a notice in the Gazette as they normally would under section 21(2)(a). You will see the name in a notice, but it is done in a different way, as stated in section 21(2)(b). The Board must follow the rules for giving notice of the name. If the law that applies to the area does not say how to tell the public about the name, the Board must give public notice of the name as stated in section 21(2). This means you will be informed about the name in a public notice. The Board has to follow the rules for public notices.

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29: Process if Board does not concur, or

Part 2Naming of geographic features and Crown protected areas
Review of proposals for naming Crown protected areas: Proposals notified and consulted on under another enactment

28Process if Board concurs

If the Board concurs with a proposed name it reviews under section 27(3), and the enactment under which the Crown protected area is named requires the person making the proposal to notify the name in the Gazette or include it in an enactment, the Board—
need not give notice of the name in the Gazette in accordance with section 21(2)(a); but
must give notice of the name in accordance with section 21(2)(b).

However, if the relevant enactment does not provide for public notice of the name to be given or for the name to be included in a Gazette notice or in an enactment, the Board must give public notice of the name in accordance with section 21(2).