New Zealand Acts

URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 250

250 Overview of this Part

1 This Part gives special powers for the acquisition of land for specified works that Kāinga Ora initiates, facilitates, or undertakes. A specified work may be part of a specified development project, but that is not required.

2 Section 252 defines the term specified work.

3 Subpart 2 provides for the Minister for Land Information to, for the purposes of a specified work,—

a) transfer a public work to Kāinga Ora:

b) set apart Crown land or a part of the common marine and coastal area:

c) transfer to Kāinga Ora former reserve land that has been set apart under section 138(1) :

d) acquire or take other land for Kāinga Ora using a modified version of the process under the Public Works Act 1981 .

4 Subpart 3 provides for land that is acquired by Kāinga Ora to be transferred to a developer undertaking the specified work.

5 Subpart 4 provides for the disposal of land acquired by Kāinga Ora once the specified work is completed, the land is no longer required, or the land is required for another specified work or a public work.

6 Subpart 5 sets out rules for the transfer or disposal of former Māori land on which a specified work is initiated, facilitated, or undertaken by Kāinga Ora. The subpart applies if the land is held by the Crown or a local authority for a public work, as well as if the land is held by Kāinga Ora for a specified work (see the definition of former Māori land in section 9 ).