Reserves Act 1977

Classification and management of reserves - Management and control of reserves

36: Appointing Minister of the Crown to control and manage reserve

You could also call this:

"The Government chooses a Minister to look after a special area of land called a reserve."

The Minister can appoint another Minister to control and manage a reserve that belongs to the Crown. This is done to help achieve the purposes of the reserve, and it is announced in the Gazette. The appointed Minister will have certain powers and must follow specific conditions and restrictions.

When another Minister is appointed to control a reserve, they can decide to use money from Parliament to maintain, improve, and develop the reserve. The reserve will still be a reserve, but it may also be subject to another Act that the appointed Minister is in charge of.

You can find more information about how this works by looking at the Reserves Act 1977 and other related laws, such as the one mentioned in the Compare section, which refers to the 1953 No 69 s 21 legislation.

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35: Appointing trustees to control and manage reserve vested in Crown, or

"The Minister chooses people to care for Crown-owned reserves and make decisions about how they are used."

37: Administering body may control and manage more than 1 reserve, or

"One group can look after more than one reserve"

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

36Appointing Minister of the Crown to control and manage 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 other Minister of the Crown to control and manage the reserve, or any part of the reserve, for the purpose of its classification and in accordance with the appropriate provisions of this Act, and with such powers and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified in the notice. A notice under this subsection shall take effect according to its tenor, and may at any time be in like manner amended or revoked.
Where any Minister of the Crown other than the Minister of Lands is appointed under this section to control and manage any reserve or part thereof, the reserve may by that notice be made subject to any other Act administered by the first-mentioned Minister in addition to being subject to this Act, but shall remain a reserve, and that Minister may expend out of money appropriated by Parliament in respect of the administration of that other Act such sum or sums as he or she thinks fit on the maintenance and improvement and development of the reserve.

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1953 No 69 s 21