New Zealand Legislation: Bills

20 Limitation of rights

• (1) The DOC protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, land held, managed, or administered, or flora or fauna managed or administered, under—

  • (a) the Conservation Act 1987; or

  • (b) the enactments listed in Schedule 1 of that Act.

  (2) The fisheries protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, assets or other property rights (including in respect of fish, aquatic life, and seaweed) held, managed, or administered under any of the following enactments:

  • (a) the Fisheries Act 1996:

  • (b) the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992:

  • (c) the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004:

  • (d) the Maori Fisheries Act 2004.

  (3) The Ministry for Culture and Heritage protocol does not have the effect of granting, creating, or providing evidence of an estate or interest in, or rights relating to, taonga tūturu.