Hon Annette King
Government Bill
251—2
As reported from the Government Administration Committee
Commentary
Key
1 Title
2 Commencement
Part 1Preliminary provisions
3 Purpose
4 Interpretation
5 Act binds the Crown
Part 2Rail network
Subpart 1—Entity responsible for operating rail network
Key governance provisions
6 New Zealand Railways Corporation continues in existence
7 Objective
8 Functions
Powers of entity
9 General powers of entity
10 Powers to grant leases and other rights
11 Certificates of title for rail network land
Planning
12 Rail network development plan
Application of other Acts to entity
13 Application of Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956
14 Application of Inland Revenue Acts
15 Application of Public Works Act 1981
16 Application of Resource Management Act 1991
17 Application of certain land transport Acts to entity
Subpart 2—Disposal of affected rail network land
Procedure for disposal by entity
18 Offer to former owner or former owner's successor
19 Sale to owner of adjacent land
20 Determination of current market value
21 Sale to other persons
Disposal of former Maori land
22 Disposal of former Maori land
Transfer of affected rail network land
23 Transfer of affected rail network land
Subdivisions relating to disposal of affected rail network land
24 Application of Resource Management Act 1991
25 Conditions
26 Consultation with Registrar-General of Land
27 Conditions to be endorsed on survey plan
28 Condition under section 25(a)
29 Covenant under section 25(b)
30 Cancellation of condition or covenant
31 Consequences of amalgamation
Subpart 3—Miscellaneous provisions
32 Treatment of assets on land
33 Certificate by entity to be evidence of certain facts
34 Railway bodies corporate
35 Authority for railway bodies corporate
36 Closure of railway lines or turning facilities controlled by entity
Regulation-making powers
37 Regulations
Repeals, consequential amendments, revocations, and transitional and savings provisions
38 Repeals
39 Consequential amendments
40 Revocations
41 Transitional and savings provisions
Miscellaneous
42 Declaration
Schedule 1Enactments amended and regulations revoked
Schedule 2Transitional and savings provisions
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: