New Zealand Acts

WHAKATŌHEA CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT 2024 - SECT 90

90 Registration of ownership

1 This section applies to a cultural redress property vested in the trustees under this subpart.

2 Subsection (3) applies to a cultural redress property (other than Tāwai, the Kōtare property, or Matekerepu), but only to the extent that the property is all of the land contained in a record of title for a fee simple estate.

3 The Registrar-General must, on written application by an authorised person,—

a) register the trustees as the owners of the fee simple estate in the property; and

b) record any entry on the record of title and do anything else necessary to give effect to this subpart and to part 5 of the deed of settlement.

4 Subsection (5) applies to—

a) a cultural redress property, but only to the extent that subsection (2) does not apply to the property; and

b) Tāwai; and

c) the Kōtare property; and

d) Matekerepu, despite the property being located in 2 land registration districts.

5 The Registrar-General must, in accordance with a written application by an authorised person,—

a) create a record of title for the fee simple estate in the property in the names of the trustees; and

b) record on the record of title any interests that are registered, noted, or to be noted and that are described in the application.

6 Subsection (5) is subject to the completion of any survey necessary to create a record of title.

7 A record of title must be created under this section as soon as is reasonably practicable after the settlement date, but not later than—

a) 24 months after the settlement date; or

b) any later date that is agreed in writing by the Crown and the trustees.

8 In this section,
"authorised person" means a person authorised by—

a) the chief executive of LINZ, for the Te Papa property:

b) the Director-General, for all other properties.