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Reserves Act 1977

Classification and management of reserves - Particular powers of Minister and administering body

63: Reserves not vested in the Crown

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"Reserves looked after by groups other than the government"

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When a reserve is not owned by the government, you need to know who is in charge of it. The group that looks after the reserve, called the administering body, has the same rights and powers as Commissioners do for other reserves, as stated in section 62(2). This means the administering body makes decisions about the reserve.

If a local authority, like a city council, has powers over a reserve, it must use those powers in the same way it uses similar powers given to it by other laws. The local authority must follow its own rules when making decisions about the reserve.

The administering body or local authority has to follow the rules and use its powers responsibly, just like it does with other areas it is in charge of.

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Part 3Classification and management of reserves
Particular powers of Minister and administering body

63Reserves not vested in the Crown

  1. The rights, powers, duties, and functions conferred or imposed on Commissioners by section 62(2) shall, in the case of any reserve not vested in the Crown, be had and exercised or performed by the administering body in which the reserve is vested.

  2. The powers vested in any local authority by virtue of this section or of any other provisions of this Act shall be exercised by it in the manner in which it exercises any like powers conferred on it by the Act by or under which it is constituted.

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  • 1953 No 69 s 26