Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011

Customary interests - Customary marine title - Status of minerals

83: Status of minerals in customary marine title area

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"What happens to minerals in your customary marine title area"

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You have rights to minerals in your customary marine title area. This starts on the effective date and you own minerals like rocks and stones, but not petroleum, gold, silver, or uranium. The government no longer owns these minerals in your area. You still have to follow other laws, like the Crown Minerals Act 1991, which talks about section 11(1A). This law is about pounamu, a type of stone, and how it is treated differently. The law about pounamu is connected to the Ngai Tahu (Pounamu Vesting) Act 1997. The government used to own minerals in your area, but this is no longer the case, except as stated in section 16(2).

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Part 3Customary interests
Customary marine title: Status of minerals

83Status of minerals in customary marine title area

This section applies on and after the effective date.
A customary marine title group has, and may exercise, ownership of minerals (other than petroleum, gold, silver, and uranium existing in their natural condition) that are within the customary marine title area of that group.
The reservation of minerals in favour of the Crown continued by section 16(2) ceases.
This section does not limit or have any effect on section 11(1A) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 (which excludes the reservation of minerals in favour of the Crown from applying to pounamu to which section 3 of the Ngai Tahu (Pounamu Vesting) Act 1997 applies).