New Zealand Acts

URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 278

278 Offer back of former Māori land

1 This section applies to the offer back of former Māori land under section 18(2)(b) or 277(1)(b) .

2 The chief executive under the Public Works Act 1981 or the local authority that is required to make the offer must,—

a) in accordance with section 40(2)(c) and (d) of the Public Works Act 1981 , offer to sell the land by private contract to the person from whom it was acquired or to the successor of that person; or

b) in accordance with section 41(1)(e) of that Act, apply to the Māori Land Court for the district in which the land is situated for an order under section 134 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 .

3 For the purposes of subsection (2),—

a) section 40(2A), (3), and (5) of the Public Works Act 1981 applies with all necessary modifications; and

b) sections 40(1), (2)(a) and (b), and (4), and 41(1)(a) to (d) of that Act do not apply.