New Zealand Acts

NGĀI TAHU CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT 1998 - SECT 472

472 Encumbrances

1 Except as expressly provided in this Act, an encumbrance which is not registrable under the Land Transfer Act 1952 is not required by virtue of this Act to be registered against the certificate of title for the specified settlement property concerned.

2 The inclusion in a schedule of this Act of an encumbrance in relation to land does not give the encumbrance any greater force or effect than it has had it not been included in the schedule.

3 Except as expressly provided in this Act, nothing in Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 applies to an encumbrance given pursuant to this Act or the deed of settlement in relation to land that is vested as Māori freehold land pursuant to any of Parts 13, 14, or 15 .

4 Except as expressly provided in this Act, the fee simple estate of a specified settlement property that is land under the Land Transfer Act 1952 and that is vested by this Act is vested subject to any encumbrances on the certificate of title relating to the specified settlement property.