This page contains different parts of laws about Land use.
CB 10: Disposal within 10 years: land development or subdivision business
CB 14: Disposal: amount from land affected by change and not already in income
DO 10: Farming or horticulture expenditure of lessor or sublessor
DP 10: Cost of acquiring timber or right to take timber: other cases
EI 8: Disposal of land to the Crown
Schedule 13: Depreciable land improvements
CB 23B: Land partially disposed of or disposed of with other land
8: Act binds the Crown
106: Policy on development contributions or financial contributions
109: Rates remission policy
140: Restrictions on disposal of endowment property
141: Conditions applying to sale or exchange of endowment property
143: Outline of Part
163: Removal of works in breach of bylaws
168: Power to dispose of property seized and impounded
181: Construction of works on private land
188: Liability for payments in respect of private land
189: Power to acquire land
190: Compensation payable by local authority for land taken or injuriously affected
197: Interpretation
198: Power to require contributions for developments
199: Basis on which development contributions may be required
200: Limitations applying to requirement for development contribution
201: Contents of development contributions policy
202: Contents of section 201 schedule
203: Maximum development contributions not to be exceeded
204: Use of development contributions by territorial authority
205: Use of development contributions for reserves
206: Alternative uses of development contributions for reserves
207: Power to use money collected and held under Local Government Act 1974 or Resource Management Act 1991
208: Powers of territorial authority if development contributions not paid or made
209: Refund of money and return of land if development does not proceed
210: Refund of money or return of land if not applied to specified reserve purposes
215: Application for removal order
220: Compliance with removal order
228: Offences relating to water races
303: Public Bodies Leases Act 1969
304: Sale of land purchased for commercial or industrial purposes
6: Registration of fencing covenants to expire after 12 years
8: Fence not to encroach without consent or court order
9: Adjoining occupiers to share cost of fencing
9A: Contributions where Building Act 2004 requires pool to have means of restricting access
10: Notice to do work to be given
11: Objections to proposed fence
13: Where notices vary
14: Provision for doing work
15: Effect of change of occupier
16: Contribution where immediate work required
17: Liability for damage caused by occupier
18: Person taking advantage of fence
19: Fence erected when occupier of adjoining land exempt from liability therefor
20: Crown tenant's option
21: Give and take fence
23: Proceedings to be in accordance with District Court Act 2016
24: Jurisdiction of the court
24A: Jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunal
25: Power to come in and defend proceedings
26: Right of persons constructing fences to enter on adjoining land
28: Repeals and savings
Schedule 1: Forms
Schedule 2: Specimen types of fence
Schedule 3: Enactments repealed
2A: Successors
3A: Person acting under resource consent with permission
5: Purpose
6: Matters of national importance
10B: Certain existing building works allowed
11: Restrictions on subdivision of land
16: Duty to avoid unreasonable noise
31: Functions of territorial authorities under this Act
36: Administrative charges
76: District rules
77: Rules about esplanade reserves on subdivision and road stopping
85: Environment Court may give directions in respect of land subject to controls
96: Making submissions
109: Special provisions in respect of bonds or covenants
111: Use of financial contributions
122: Consents not real or personal property
125: Lapsing of consents
134: Land use and subdivision consents attach to land
139A: Consent authorities to issue existing use certificates
166: Definitions
168: Notice of requirement to territorial authority
174: Appeals
184A: Lapsing of designations of territorial authority in its own district
186: Compulsory acquisition powers
187: Meaning of heritage order and heritage protection authority
188: Application to become heritage protection authority
193: Effect of heritage order
193A: Land subject to existing heritage order or designation
194: Interim effect of requirement
197: Compulsory acquisition powers
198: Environment Court may order land taken, etc
218: Meaning of subdivision of land
219: Information to accompany applications for subdivision consents
220: Condition of subdivision consents
221: Territorial authority to issue a consent notice
222: Completion certificates
223: Approval of survey plan by territorial authority
224: Restrictions upon deposit of survey plan
225: Agreement to sell land or building before deposit of plan
226: Restrictions upon issue of certificates of title for subdivision
227: Cancellation of prior approvals
228: Subdivision by the Crown
229: Purposes of esplanade reserves and esplanade strips
230: Requirement for esplanade reserves or esplanade strips
233: Effect of change to boundary of esplanade strip
236: Where land previously set aside or reserved
237A: Vesting of land in common marine and coastal area or bed of lake or river
237E: Compensation for taking of esplanade reserves or strips on allotments of less than 4 hectares
237F: Compensation for taking of esplanade reserves or strips on allotments of 4 hectares or more
237G: Compensation
237H: Valuation
238: Vesting of roads
239: Vesting of reserves or other land
240: Covenant against transfer of allotments
241: Amalgamation of allotments
242: Prior registered instruments protected
243: Survey plan approved subject to grant or reservation of easements
244: Company leases and cross leases
315: Compliance with enforcement order
355: Vesting of reclaimed land
355B: Enforcement powers against unlawful reclamations
360: Regulations
365: Meaning of permission
390A: Appeals
404: Existing applications for approval
406: Grounds of refusal of subdivision consent
407: Subdivision consent conditions
408: Existing approvals for unit plans, cross lease plans, and company lease plans
409: Financial contributions for developments
410: Existing developments
411: Restriction on imposition of conditions as to financial contributions
412: Expiry of certain sections
417: Permits over land other than that of holders to be produced in Land Transfer Office
36AA: Local authority policy on discounting administrative charges
86E: Local authorities must identify rules having early or delayed legal effect
87G: Environment Court determines application
149U: Consideration of matter by Environment Court
195A: Alteration of heritage order
198K: Environment Court decides
Schedule 10: Requirements for instruments creating esplanade strips and access strips
22A: Owners of land not responsible for maintenance
23A: Line owner must give written notice of intention to maintain or complete existing works
23D: Land owner may set reasonable conditions on line owner's entry
23E: Agreements preserved
23F: Disputes about land access
57: Compensation for damage
159: Conditions relating to power to enter land or premises
10: Meaning of allotment
71: Building on land subject to natural hazards
72: Building consent for building on land subject to natural hazards must be granted in certain cases
74: Steps after notification
75: Construction of building on 2 or more allotments
76: Exemption from section 75
80: Records of title for 2 or more allotments subject to registered instrument
82: Registrar-General of Land may require preparation of plan
83: Owner may apply for entry to be removed
116A: Code compliance requirements: subdivision
4: Evidence of appointment of trustees
61A: Trusts for recreational and similar purposes
Schedule 1: Memorandum of appointment of new trustees
56: Defence of land or building
58: Exercise of right of way, etc
3: Outline of Act
5: Meaning of freedom camp
6: Meaning of local authority area
7: Meaning of conservation land
8: Meaning of LINZ land
9: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
10: Where freedom camping in local authority area permitted
11: Freedom camping bylaws
15: Where freedom camping on conservation land permitted
16: Freedom camping restriction and prohibition signs
17: Notices restricting or prohibiting freedom camping on conservation land
18: Public notification of notices restricting or prohibiting freedom camping on conservation land
19: Director-General to exercise powers as if Act specified in Schedule 1 of Conservation Act 1987
20: Infringement offences relating to local authority areas
21: Strict liability offences
22: Defences to offences
23: Penalties
24: Offenders liable for cost of damage
25: How proceedings commenced
26: Who proceedings may be commenced against
27: Who may serve infringement notices
32: Appointment of enforcement officers by local authorities
33: Appointment of enforcement officers by Director-General
35: Enforcement officers may require certain information
36: Enforcement officers may require certain persons to leave local authority area, conservation land, or LINZ land
37: Enforcement officers may seize and impound certain property
38: Requirements relating to seizure and impoundment of boats and motor vehicles
39: Return of property seized and impounded
40: Disposal of property seized and impounded
41: Protection against claims resulting from seizing or impounding of property under section 37
42: Relationship of this Act with other enactments
43: Regulations
46: Purpose of this subpart
47: Infringement offences for camping-related local authority bylaw provisions specified in Schedule 3
48: Infringement offences for camping-related local authority bylaw provisions specified in Schedule 4
49: Empowering legislation otherwise applies to bylaw provisions
50: Descriptions of offences in Schedules 3 and 4
Schedule 2: Prescribed forms
Schedule 3: Bylaws breach of which deemed infringement offence
Schedule 4: Bylaws breach of which deemed infringement offence if resolution passed
12: Bylaws must not absolutely prohibit freedom camping
13: Review of bylaws
14: Application of Local Government Act 2002 to bylaws
29: Rental service agreement may provide for payment of infringement fee
30: Charging hirer for infringement fee
DB 20B: Consideration for agreement to grant, renew, extend, or transfer leasehold estate or licence
EI 4B: Consideration for agreement to grant, renew, extend, or transfer leasehold estate or licence
133C: Obligation to notify regional authority of classifiable or referable dam and change of ownership
199C: Right to object to assessed amount of development contribution
199E: Procedure for development contribution objections
199N: Objector’s right to apply for judicial review unaffected
101B: Infrastructure strategy
150A: Costs of development contribution objections
197AA: Purpose of development contributions
197AB: Development contributions principles
199A: Right to reconsideration of requirement for development contribution
199F: Appointment and register of development contributions commissioners
199I: Development contribution objection hearings
199J: Consideration of development contribution objection
199K: Additional powers of development contributions commissioners
201A: Schedule of assets for which development contributions will be used
207A: Request to enter development agreement
207B: Response to request for development agreement
207C: Content of development agreement
207D: Effect of development agreement
207E: Restrictions on use of development agreement
207F: Amendment or termination of development agreement
198AB: Excluded time periods relating to provision of further information
36AAB: Other matters relating to administrative charges
87AAB: Meaning of boundary activity and related terms
87AAD: Overview of application of this Part to boundary activities and fast-track applications
87BA: Boundary activities approved by neighbours on infringed boundaries are permitted activities
EL 11: Exclusion for property held by certain persons and entities
22: Restriction on dealing must be recorded on record of title
13A: Bylaw revocation postponed as result of outbreak of COVID-19
88I: Excluded time periods under Urban Development Act 2020
77G: Duty of specified territorial authorities to incorporate MDRS and give effect to policy 3 or 5 in residential zones
77H: Requirements in Schedule 3A may be modified to enable greater development
77I: Qualifying matters in applying medium density residential standards and policy 3 to relevant residential zones
77J: Requirements in relation to evaluation report
77K: Alternative process for existing qualifying matters
77L: Further requirement about application of section 77I(j)
77M: Effect of incorporation of MDRS in district plan on new applications for resource consents and on some existing designations
77N: Duty of specified territorial authorities to give effect to policy 3 or policy 5 in non-residential zones
77O: Qualifying matters in application of intensification policies to urban non-residential areas
77P: Requirements governing application of section 77O
77Q: Alternative process for existing qualifying matters
77R: Further requirements about application of section 77O(j)
77S: Amendment of NPS-UD
77T: Review of financial contributions provisions
80D: What this subpart and Part 6 of Schedule 1 do
80E: Meaning of intensification planning instrument
80F: Specified territorial authority must notify IPI
80G: Limitations on IPIs and ISPP
80H: IPI must show how MDRS are incorporated
80I: Regulations requiring tier 2 territorial authority to change district plan
80J: Tier 3 territorial authority may request regulations requiring territorial authority to change district plan
80K: Regulations requiring tier 3 territorial authority to change district plan
80L: Minister may make direction
86BA: Immediate legal effect of rules in IPI prepared using ISPP
Schedule 3A: MDRS to be incorporated by specified territorial authorities
Schedule 3B: Policies 3, 4, and 5 of National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (as amended by section 77S(1) of the Act)
CB 6AE: Certain transfers of residential land included in settlement of claim under the Treaty of Waitangi
DH 4: When this subpart does not apply: exemptions for new builds, development, social or emergency or transitional housing, and council housing
330AAA: Modification of requirements in section 330(3) for authorities in affected areas
9A: Act binds the Crown
10A: Bylaws declaring NZTA land to be local authority area
11A: Bylaws permitting freedom camping in motor vehicles that are not self-contained
11B: Requirements relating to bylaws made under sections 10A to 11A
19A: Where freedom camping on LINZ land permitted
19B: Notices permitting freedom camping on LINZ land
19C: Commissioner and chief executive must consult before making notice
19D: Requirements relating to notices published under section 19B
20A: Infringement offences relating to conservation land
20B: Infringement offences relating to LINZ land
20C: Other infringement offences
20D: Strict liability offences
20E: Penalties for infringement offences
27A: How to serve infringement notices
27B: Form of infringement notices
45A: Review of effect on homelessness of Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023
Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Schedule 3: LINZ land exempt from consultation requirement
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