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

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Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
Claims Settlement
settlement date means the date that is 20 business days after
the date on which this Act comes into force
statutory acknowledgement means an acknowledgement
made by the Crown under section 38 in respect of a statutory
area on the terms set out in subpart 3 of Part 4
statutory area means the areas and rivers defined in Schedules
4 to (8) 8A, the general locations of which are indicated on the
SO plan referred to in (that schedule) those schedules
statutory plan—
(a) means a regional policy statement, regional coastal
plan, district plan, regional plan, or proposed plan as
defined in section 2(1) of the Resource Management
Act 1991; and
(b) includes a proposed policy statement or plan provided
for in the First Schedule of the Resource Management
Act 1991
waterway—
(a) means a lake, being a body of fresh water that is entirely
or nearly surrounded by land, or a river, being a continuously
or intermittently flowing body of fresh water,
and includes a stream and modified water course; and
(b) includes coastal waters, including harbours; but
(c) does not include an artificial watercourse such as an
irrigation canal, water supply race, canal for the supply
of water for electricity power generation, or farm drainage
canal.
13 Meaning of Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)
(1) In this Act, Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay of Plenty)—
(a) means—
(i) the collective group composed of individuals
referred to in subparagraph (ii); and
(ii) every individual who is—
(A) descended from a Ngāti Tuwharetoa (Bay
of Plenty) ancestor or ancestors:
(B) a member of a hapū, group, family, or
whānau referred to in paragraph (b):
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