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Local Government Act 2002

Structure and reorganisation of local government - Structure of local government

22: Minister is territorial authority in certain cases

You could also call this:

“The Minister takes care of places without local councils, except for some special areas”

The Minister of Local Government is in charge of any area in New Zealand that isn’t part of a district run by a local council. This doesn’t apply to the sea around New Zealand or some far-away islands like the Kermadec Islands and the Sub-Antarctic Islands.

For the Three Kings Islands, which are a group of islands north of New Zealand, the Minister isn’t in charge when it comes to the Building Act 2004.

When it comes to the Building Act 2004, the Minister of Local Government is in charge of the areas mentioned earlier that aren’t part of a district. The Minister of Conservation is in charge of the islands that were mentioned as exceptions.

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Part 3 Structure and reorganisation of local government
Structure of local government

22Minister is territorial authority in certain cases

  1. The Minister is the territorial authority for any part of New Zealand that does not form part of the district of a territorial authority.

  2. Subsection (1)—

  3. does not apply at all in relation to any of the following:
    1. the territorial sea; or
      1. the Kermadec Islands; or
        1. the Sub-Antarctic Islands (which include the Antipodes Islands, the Auckland Islands, the Bounty Islands, Campbell Island and the islands adjacent to Campbell Island, and the Snares Islands); and
        2. does not apply in relation to the Three Kings Islands (which include Great Island, South West Island, West Island, North East Island, and several islets and rock stacks) for the purposes of the Building Act 2004.

          1. For the purposes of the Building Act 2004,—

          2. the Minister of Local Government is the territorial authority for any part of New Zealand referred to in subsection (1); and
            1. the Minister of Conservation is the territorial authority for the islands referred to in subsection (2).

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              Notes
              • Section 22(2): replaced, on , by section 91(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).
              • Section 22(3): inserted, on , by section 91(2) of the Building Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 23).