New Zealand Acts

NGĀTI HAUĀ CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT 2014 - SECT 41

41 Exercise of powers and performance of functions and duties

1 The statutory acknowledgement and deeds of recognition do not affect, and must not be taken into account by, a person exercising a power or performing a function or duty under an enactment or a bylaw.

2 A person, in considering a matter or making a decision or recommendation under an enactment or a bylaw, must not give greater or lesser weight to the association of Ngāti Hauā with a statutory area than that person would give if there were no statutory acknowledgement or deed of recognition for the statutory area.

3 Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).

4 This section is subject to—

a) the other provisions of this subpart; and

b) any obligation imposed on the Minister of Conservation, the Director-General, or the Commissioner of Crown Lands by a deed of recognition.