Part 7Airports
Airport operators
229Holding and disposal of land
This section applies in respect of an airport operated by an airport operator that is not a local authority.
The chief executive may lodge a caveat under section 138 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 against dealings in relation to any land forming part of the airport to protect any interest of persons to have that land offered to them under section 40(2) of the Public Works Act 1981.
It is the chief executive and not the airport operator who must comply with sections 40 and 41 of that Act and, where relevant, section 134 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 in relation to any disposal of the land.
In this section, chief executive means the chief executive within the meaning of section 4 of the Cadastral Survey Act 2002.
For the purposes of this section,—
- the rights of persons referred to in subsection (2) are an interest in land for the purposes of section 138 of the Land Transfer Act 2017; and
- in stating that interest, it is sufficient for the caveat to refer to sections 40 to 42 of the Public Works Act 1981 and this section.