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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Miscellaneous and enforcement provisions - General provisions

194: FENZ may acquire or take and hold land under the Public Works Act 1981

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"FENZ can buy or take land to help with its fire and emergency work"

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You can think of FENZ as a group that helps with fires and emergencies. FENZ can get land if it needs it to do its job. FENZ is treated like a local authority when getting land, which means it follows the rules in the Public Works Act 1981. When FENZ gets land, it owns that land. You can find out more about what land means in the Public Works Act 1981 by looking at section 2 of that Act. FENZ can get any type of land or interest in land that it needs. FENZ can also get an easement, which is a right to use someone else's land for a specific purpose. The rules for getting land are in Part 2 of the Public Works Act 1981. These rules apply to FENZ when it is getting land. When FENZ gets land, it is like buying a house - FENZ owns the land and can use it for its work.

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Part 4Miscellaneous and enforcement provisions
General provisions

194FENZ may acquire or take and hold land under the Public Works Act 1981

  1. FENZ may acquire or take and hold any land that is reasonably necessary for the purposes of any work that FENZ is empowered to undertake under this Act or for carrying out any of the purposes of this Act.

  2. For the purposes of subsection (1), FENZ must be treated as if it were a local authority within the meaning of Part 2 of the Public Works Act 1981, and the provisions of that Act apply to the acquisition or taking and holding of land by FENZ accordingly.

  3. Any land, any particular estate or interest in land, or any easement over land acquired or taken and held under subsection (1) vests in FENZ.

  4. In this section, land has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Public Works Act 1981.

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