New Zealand Acts

WHAKATŌHEA CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT 2024 - SECT 44

44 Official geographic names

1 A name specified in the second column of the table in clause 5.130 of the deed of settlement is the official geographic name of the feature described in the third and fourth columns of that table.

2 Each official geographic name is to be treated as if it were an official geographic name that takes effect on the settlement date by virtue of a determination of the Board made under section 19 of the Act.

3 Subsection (4) applies to the remaining Crown protected area of Waioeka Gorge Scenic Reserve after—

a) the reservation is revoked from the parts of the reserve that are reserve properties (by sections 58, 69, and 81 ); and

b) those parts lose their status, and official geographic name, as a Crown protected area (under sections 94 and 95 ).

4 The name of the Crown protected area is changed to Waioweka Gorge Scenic Reserve.

5 The new name given to the Crown protected area is to be treated as if—

a) it were an official geographic name that takes effect on the settlement date; and

b) it had first been reviewed and concurred with by the Board under subpart 3 of Part 2 of the Act.