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425: Leases, licences, and other authorities under Harbours Act 1950
or “This law explains what happens to old agreements and permissions for using harbours after new rules came in.”
You could also call this:

“This law explains who is in charge of activities on Lake Taupo.”

This law is about who has control over activities on Lake Taupo. It says that local authorities don’t have any power, duty, function, or control over activities on the lake if, when this law started, those responsibilities were held by certain government ministers or officials. These officials include the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Minister of Transport, the Lake Taupo Harbourmaster, the Secretary for Local Government, and the Secretary for Internal Affairs.

The law lists several other laws and regulations that give these officials their authority over Lake Taupo. These include laws about Maori land, harbours, shipping, and water recreation. Some of these laws are quite old, dating back to 1926, while others are more recent.

When this law talks about ‘Lake Taupo’, it means the same thing as ‘lake’ in the Lake Taupo Regulations 1976. This helps make sure everyone understands exactly which area the law is talking about.

In simple terms, this law keeps the control of Lake Taupo activities with the government officials who were already in charge, rather than giving that control to local authorities.

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Part 15 Transitional provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

425AFunctions and powers in respect of activities on or in Lake Taupo

  1. Nothing in this Act shall have the effect of giving any local authority any power, duty, function, or control in respect of any activity on or in Lake Taupo where that power, duty, function, or control was exercised, at the date of commencement of this Act, by—

  2. the Minister of Internal Affairs; or
    1. the Minister of Transport; or
      1. the Lake Taupo Harbourmaster; or
        1. the Secretary for Local Government; or
          1. the Secretary for Internal Affairs—
              1. under any of the enactments referred to in subsection (2).

            1. The enactments to which subsection (1) applies are as follows:

            2. the Maori Land Amendment and Maori Land Claims Adjustment Act 1926:
              1. the Harbours Act 1950:
                1. the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952:
                  1. the General Harbour (Nautical and Miscellaneous) Regulations 1968:
                    1. the Lake Taupo Regulations 1976:
                      1. the Water Recreation Regulations 1979:
                        1. the Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1988:
                          1. the Water Recreation (Waikato River Outlet, Lake Taupo) Notice 1983 (Gazette, 1983, Vol I, page 177):
                            1. the Water Recreation (Waikato River Outlet, Lake Taupo) Notice 1983, No 2 (Gazette, 1983, Vol III, page 3640):
                              1. any other regulation or notice made under the Harbours Act 1950 and applying to Lake Taupo.

                                1. For the purposes of this section, Lake Taupo has the same meaning as lake in the Lake Taupo Regulations 1976.

                                Notes
                                • Section 425A: inserted, on , by section 204 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).