Part 3Classification and management of reserves
Classification and purpose of reserves
16AApplication of section 16 to nature and scientific reserves after commencement of Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013
Despite section 16, on and from the commencement of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013,—
- all reserves existing immediately before the commencement of that Act and not yet classified in accordance with section 16 must be classified in accordance with this section if the reserve is to be classified as a nature reserve or as a scientific reserve:
- all nature and scientific reserves created after the commencement of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 must be classified in accordance with this section.
The Minister may recommend to the Governor-General that an Order in Council be made to name and classify a reserve as a nature reserve or as a scientific reserve if the principal or primary purpose of the reserve is the same as that specified for—
- a nature reserve in section 20; or
- a scientific reserve in section 21.
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, name and classify a reserve as a nature reserve or as a scientific reserve.
Before making a recommendation under subsection (2), the Minister must—
- refer the proposed name to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa under section 27(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008; and
- give public notice in accordance with section 119 specifying the name and classification proposed, and must consider in accordance with section 120 all objections and submissions in relation to the proposal, and those sections apply accordingly with any necessary modifications.
When classified under this section, each reserve must be held and administered for the purpose or purposes for which it is classified and for no other purpose.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).