237ECompensation for taking of esplanade reserves or strips on allotments of less than 4 hectares

1. Where an allotment of less than 4 hectares is created when land is subdivided, no compensation for esplanade reserves or esplanade strips shall be payable for any area of land within 20 metres from the mark of mean high water springs of the sea or from the bank of any river or from the margin of any lake, as the case may be.

2. Where an esplanade reserve or esplanade strip of a width greater than 20 metres is required to be set aside on an allotment of less than 4 hectares created when land is subdivided, the territorial authority shall pay compensation for the area of the esplanade reserve or esplanade strip above 20 metres, to the registered owner of that allotment, unless the registered owner agrees otherwise.

Notes

• Section 237E: inserted, on 7 July 1993, by section 124 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
• Section 237E(2): amended, on 12 November 2018, by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).