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227: Cancellation of prior approvals
or “When a new survey plan is approved, it cancels the old one, except for some special rules.”
You could also call this:

“The government can split up land it owns and make it official without the usual paperwork.”

When a government minister wants to divide up land that isn’t covered by the Land Transfer Act 2017, they need to follow some special rules. First, they must get approval from the local council for their plan to divide the land. Once they have this approval, the Chief Surveyor of that area needs to approve the plan too. This approval works the same way as if the plan was officially registered under section 224.

After the Chief Surveyor approves the plan, the land becomes subject to the Land Transfer Act 2017. This means the Registrar-General of Land can issue an official record of title for the land in the name of the Queen. However, who asks for this record depends on what the land is used for. If it’s a conservation area, reserve, national park, or wildlife area, the Director-General of Conservation asks for it. For all other types of land, the Surveyor-General or someone they choose asks for it.

Before the Registrar-General of Land can issue a record of title for any part of the divided land, they must make sure that all the requirements in section 224 are met. This section has rules that need to be followed when dividing land, and these rules apply to government land divisions too.

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Part 10 Subdivision and reclamations
Approval and deposit of survey plans

228Subdivision by the Crown

  1. Where a survey plan of a subdivision by or on behalf of a Minister of the Crown of land not subject to the Land Transfer Act 2017 has been approved by a territorial authority under section 223,—

  2. subject to subsection (2), the approval by the Chief Surveyor of the land district in which the land is situated of the survey plan of the subdivision has legal effect as if it were the deposit of a survey plan in accordance with section 224; and
    1. the land is then deemed to be subject to the Land Transfer Act 2017 and, subject to subsection (2), a record of title for the land may be issued by the Registrar-General of Land in the name of the Sovereign at the request of—
      1. the Director-General of Conservation if the land is a conservation area within the meaning of the Conservation Act 1987, or a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977, or a national park under the National Parks Act 1980, or a wildlife sanctuary or wildlife refuge under the Wildlife Act 1953; or
        1. the Surveyor-General or other officer authorised in writing by the Surveyor-General in every other case.

        2. Section 224 shall apply, with all necessary modifications, to a survey plan to which this section applies and the Registrar-General of Land shall not issue a record of title for any land that is shown as a separate allotment on a survey plan approved by a Chief Surveyor unless section 224 is complied with.

        Notes
        • Section 228(1): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
        • Section 228(1): amended, on , by section 123(1) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
        • Section 228(1)(a): amended, on , by section 150 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
        • Section 228(1)(b): editorial change made by the PCO, on , under sections 86(1) and 87(a) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).
        • Section 228(1)(b): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
        • Section 228(1)(b): amended, on , by section 150 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
        • Section 228(1)(b)(i): amended, on , by section 123(2) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
        • Section 228(1)(b)(ii): amended, on , by section 123(3) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
        • Section 228(2): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
        • Section 228(2): amended, on , by section 150 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).