New Zealand Acts

MĀORI PURPOSES (WI PERE TRUST) ACT 1991

- As at 12 April 2022
- Act 38 of 1991

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary provisions
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   2.      Wi Pere Trust
   3.      Interpretation

   PART 2 - Continuation of trust and establishment of trust board
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   Note

   4.      Trust continues
   5.      Trust subject to Trusts Act 2019 and jurisdiction of High Court
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   6.      Establishment of Wi Pere Trust Board
   7.      First members of trust board
   8.      Trust board succeeds to rights and liabilities of former trustees in relation to trust
   9.      Transfer of trust property to trust board
   10.     Tax
   11.     Trust board holds property on trust for purpose of trust
   12.     Trust not subject to limit on maximum duration
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   13.     Function and powers of trust board
   14.     Members of trust board not personally liable
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   15.     Trust board must have constitution
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   16.     Preparation of financial statements
   17.     Audit requirements

   PART 3 - Beneficial interests in trust property
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   18.     Meaning of beneficial interest
   19.     Manner of holding beneficial interest
   20.     Register of beneficial interests in trust property
   21.     Notification of changes affecting register
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   22.     Restrictions on disposal of beneficial interest
   23.     Trust board may purchase beneficial interest
   24.     Disposal of beneficial interest under beneficiary's will
   25.     Disposal of beneficial interest if beneficiary dies intestate
   26.     Disposal of beneficial interest by way of gift during beneficiary's lifetime
   27.     Māori Land Court may determine who is lineal descendant of Wi Pere
           Note
   28.     Trust board may adjust beneficial interests
           Note
   29.     Property (Relationships) Act 1976 does not apply

   PART 4 - Land held by trust board
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           SUBPART 1 - General land
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   30.     Land that is general land
   31.     Application of 1993 Act to general land excluded

           SUBPART 2 - Māori freehold land
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   32.     Land that is Māori freehold land
   33.     Application of 1993 Act to Māori freehold land modified

           SUBPART 3 - Role of Māori Land Court in relation to land that is trust property
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   34.     Jurisdiction of Māori Land Court excluded
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   35.     General objectives of Māori Land Court
   36.     General jurisdiction of Māori Land Court
   37.     Other jurisdiction of Māori Land Court

           SUBPART 4 - Alienation or other disposition of land by trust board
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   38.     Alienation of Māori freehold land
   39.     Setting land aside for use by beneficiary
   40.     Transfer of land to beneficiary to provide residential building site

           SUBPART 5 - Miscellaneous
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   41.     Jurisdiction of Māori Land Court under Fencing Act 1978
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4