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Enforcement and other matters - Miscellaneous - Crown’s existing rights to resources to continue

288: Crown's existing rights to resources to continue

You could also call this:

"The Crown keeps its rights to land and water even if old laws are changed."

If a law is repealed, you might think the Crown loses its rights to resources. The Crown keeps its existing rights to land and water it already has. These rights continue even if the laws that gave the Crown these rights are repealed, as stated in the Crown Minerals Act 1991 and the Legislation Act 2019.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1532555.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > ConservationEnvironment and resources > Land useHousing and property > Land use

287: Service of documents, or

"How to give someone a document for the Planning Bill"

289: Vesting of reclaimed land, or

"How to own reclaimed land that was once a riverbed or lakebed"

Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Miscellaneous: Crown’s existing rights to resources to continue

288Crown's existing rights to resources to continue

Without limiting the Legislation Act 2019, the repeal by this Act or the Crown Minerals Act 1991 of any enactment does not affect any right, interest, or title, to any land or water acquired, accrued, established by, or vested in, the Crown before the date on which this Act comes into force, and every such right, interest, and title continues after that date as if those enactments had not been repealed.