85Minister may authorise expenditure of money on land that is not a reserve

1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Part, the administering body of any reserve may, with the prior consent of the Minister, determine, or, where there is no administering body of a reserve, the Minister may direct, that any money received, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, in respect of that reserve or any money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose shall be applied in managing, administering, maintaining, improving, protecting, and developing any land that is not a reserve (including any Maori reservation), if the owner, trustee, or controlling authority of that land—

2. consents to the application of that money for those purposes; and
3. agrees either—
   1. to permit the land to be used for any of the purposes defined in the classification of reserves in section 16 on such terms and conditions as have been agreed on between himself or herself and the administering body or, as the case may be, the Minister; or
   2. to co-operate in a scheme for the preservation or restoration of the character or amenity of a district or an environment.

4. Any agreement under subsection (1) may provide for the payment by the administering body or, as the case may be, the Crown, of all or part of the reasonable legal expenses incurred by the owner, trustee, or controlling authority in connection with the agreement, and for the payment of a reasonable sum, whether by way of annual fee or otherwise, for the use of the land in accordance with the agreement.