Reserves Act 1977

Classification and management of reserves - Management and control of reserves

28: Appointing a local authority to control and manage a reserve

You could also call this:

"The government chooses a local group to look after a special area of land."

The Minister can choose a local authority to be in charge of a reserve that belongs to the Crown. You can find out about this decision in the Gazette. The local authority will manage the reserve for the specific reason it was created. The Minister can add special rules or limits when they make this decision, and they can change or cancel it later by putting another notice in the Gazette. When a local authority is chosen, they can spend money to manage the reserve, as long as it is for the reason the reserve was created.

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27: Cancelling vesting of reserves, or

"Stopping a reserve's special status and giving the land back to the government"

29: Appointing a voluntary organisation to control and manage a reserve, or

"The Minister can choose a group to help look after a Crown reserve and make decisions about how it's used."

Part 3Classification and management of reserves
Management and control of reserves

28Appointing a local authority to control and manage a reserve

For the better carrying out of the purposes of any reserve vested in the Crown, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint any local authority to control and manage the reserve for the particular purpose for which the reserve is classified.
Every appointment of a local authority under this section shall be subject to such special conditions and restrictions as may be specified in the notice in the Gazette, and shall take effect according to the tenor thereof, and every appointment of a local authority and any special conditions and restrictions attached to that appointment may in like manner, by notice in the Gazette, be revoked or amended.
Every local authority appointed under this section shall by virtue of that appointment be authorised to expend and apply money in controlling and managing the reserve in accordance with the particular purpose for which the reserve is classified.

Compare

1953 No 69 ss 21, 47
1970 No 101 s 2(2), (3)