(1) Section 225
expires at the end of 31 December 2019 18, 19 .
(2) However, the
Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, may, by proclamation made
before section 225 expires, postpone the expiry of section 225 until the end
of a date specified in the proclamation, and in that case that section expires
at the end of that date.
(3) The Minister
cannot make a recommendation under subsection (2) unless the Minister is
satisfied, on the basis of the most recent report laid before each House of
Parliament under the Land Information Authority Act 2006 section 93(2), that
the expiry of section 225 should be postponed.
(4) There is no limit
on the number of times the expiry of section 225 may be postponed, but each
postponement cannot be for longer than 5 years beginning on the day after the
most recent date on which section 225 would expire if that expiry were not
postponed.
(5) The
Interpretation Act 1984 section 42 applies to and in relation to a
proclamation made under subsection (2) as if the proclamation were a
regulation.
(6) The expiry of
section 225 does not affect the validity of any regulations made under
section 224 and in effect immediately before that expiry.
[Section 226, formerly section 131B, inserted: No.
11 of 2015 s. 8; amended, renumbered as section 225 and relocated: No. 30 of
2018 s. 81 and 84.]
[ Note:
The expiry of section 225, formerly
section 131A, is postponed until the end of 31 December 2024 by the Land
Legislation (Postponement of Expiry) Proclamation 2018 (see Gazette 21 Dec
2018 p. 4845-6).
The expiry of section 225 is postponed until the
end of 31 December 2029 by the Land Legislation (Postponement of Expiry)
Proclamation 2024 cl. 4 (SL 2024/43).]