Foreshore and Seabed Act, 2004.
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Type of law
Legislation
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Date of latest amendment
Abstract
This Act provides for the preservation and protection of the public foreshore and seabed including the protection of the association of whanu, hapu and iwi by vesting the full legal ownership of the public foreshore and seabed in the Crown, providing for the recognition and protection of ongoing customary rights and by providing for general rights of public access and recreation in, on, over and across the public foreshore and seabed, etc.
The Act provides for rights of access in, and of navigation within foreshore and seabed, and of fishing rights.
The Act provides for the recognition of territorial customary rights for Mâori communities who have maintained exclusive and substantially uninterrupted occupation and use over an area from 1840 until the present day. The Act also sets out the process by which the High Court or Maori Land Court can investigate rights to the foreshore and seabed.
The Act provides for rights of access in, and of navigation within foreshore and seabed, and of fishing rights.
The Act provides for the recognition of territorial customary rights for Mâori communities who have maintained exclusive and substantially uninterrupted occupation and use over an area from 1840 until the present day. The Act also sets out the process by which the High Court or Maori Land Court can investigate rights to the foreshore and seabed.
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Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 17 January 2005 except for Parts 1 and 2 (other than sections 11, 26, 27 and 32 to 45), sections 98-103 and Schedule 2 which enter into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.
Repealed
Yes
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No