Ng¯ati Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) Claims Settlement Bill

Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
Claims Settlement Part 5 cl 129
128 Effect of Crown forestry licences on redress licensed
land
(1) On and from the redress licensed land settlement date, the
governance entity is the licensor under any Crown forestry
licences in relation to the redress licensed land as if that land
had been returned to Maori ownership under section 36 of the
Crown Forests Assets Act 1989.
(2) To the extent that the Crown has not completed the process
described in clause 17.4 of the Crown forestry licences in
relation to the redress licensed land before the redress licensed
land settlement date, it must continue the process after that
date until its completion.
(3) For the period from the redress licensed land settlement date
until the completion by the Crown of the process referred to in
subsection (2), the licence fee payable under the Crown
forestry licence in respect of the redress licensed land is the
amount described in clause 6.3.5(a) of the deed of settlement.
(4) To avoid doubt, section 36(1)(b) of the Crown Forests Assets
Act 1989 does not apply to the redress licensed land.
Rights of access over redress licensed land
129 Access to protected sites over redress licensed land
(1) On and from the redress licensed land settlement date, the
owner of the redress licensed land, or any person holding an
interest or occupancy right from the owner, must allow Māori
for whom a protected site is of special spiritual, cultural, or
historical significance to have access over the redress licensed
land to that site.
(2) The right of access under subsection (2) may be exercised by
vehicle over any existing reasonably convenient routes or on
foot over any reasonably convenient route specified, in each
case, by the owner subject to the following conditions:
(a) a person intending to exercise the right of access must
give the owner reasonable notice in writing of his or her
intention to exercise the right; and
(b) the right of access may be exercised only at reasonable
times and during daylight hours; and
(c) a person exercising the right must observe any reasonable
conditions imposed by the owner—
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