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Reserves Act 1977

Miscellaneous provisions - General provisions

119: Notices

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When something needs to be made public under this Act, it will be published in certain ways. If it is about a national reserve, it will be published in the Gazette, a newspaper that people in that area read, and in daily newspapers in big cities like Auckland and Wellington. If it is about another type of reserve, it will be published in a newspaper that people in that area read, and maybe in other newspapers too.

If a notice needs to be sent to you, it can be sent by registered post to your home or work address, and it is considered delivered when it would normally arrive. If you are not in New Zealand, the notice can be sent to your agent, or published in a newspaper where the land is located.

The Minister's notices under this Act take effect on the date they are made, or on a later date specified in the notice, unless they are published under the Legislation Act 2019, in which case section 26 of that Act applies instead.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
General provisions

119Notices

  1. Where this Act requires anything to be publicly notified or refers to public notification, the subject matter shall, unless this Act specifically provides otherwise, be published as follows:

  2. where the notification relates to a national reserve or proposed national reserve, or any part thereof, it shall be published—
    1. once in the Gazette; and
      1. once in a newspaper circulating throughout the area in which the reserve or proposed reserve is situated; and
        1. once in each of 2 daily newspapers published in the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin; and
          1. in such other newspapers (if any) as the Minister directs:
          2. where the notification relates to any other reserve or proposed reserve, it shall be published—provided that any notification under section 16(4) relating to a nature reserve or scientific reserve or a proposed nature reserve or scientific reserve shall be published in the manner specified in paragraph (a):provided also that where under this subsection a notification is required to be published in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the reserve or proposed reserve is situated and there is no such newspaper, the notification shall be published once in the Gazette.
            1. once in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the reserve or proposed reserve is situated; and
              1. in such other newspapers (if any) as the administering body decides:

              2. Subject, in relation to Maori land owned in multiple ownership, to section 181 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, a notice required by this Act to be given to any person may be sent by registered post to the last-known place of abode or business of that person, and shall be deemed to have been delivered when in the ordinary course of post it would be delivered. If any such person is absent from New Zealand, the notice may be sent to his or her agent, and, if he or she has no known agent, the notice may be given to him or her by publishing it in a newspaper circulating in the district in which the land the subject matter of the notice is situated.

              3. Every notice by the Minister under this Act shall come into force on the day of the date thereof or on such later date as may be specified in the notice.

              4. However, if the notice is published under the Legislation Act 2019, section 26 of that Act applies instead of subsection (3).

              Compare
              • 1953 No 69 s 103
              Notes
              • Section 119(1): replaced, on , by section 27 of the Reserves Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 63).
              • Section 119(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 362(2) of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 (1993 No 4).
              • Section 119(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).