Legislation LINZ Administers

Legislation administered by LINZ:

• Cadastral Survey Act 2002
• Crown Grants Act 1908
• Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998
• Deeds Registration Act 1908*
• Hunter Gift for the Settlement of Discharged Soldiers Act 1921
• Land Act 1948
• Land Transfer Act 1952*
• Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002
• New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946
• Public Works Act 1981, Parts II - VI, and Part VIII
• Rating Valuations Act 1998
• Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Acts
• Unit Titles Act 1972*
• Valuation Department (Restructuring) Act 1998
• Valuers Act 1948.

(* Administered jointly with Ministry of Justice.)

Source: www.dpmc.govt.nz/cabinet

The Chief Executive has statutory functions under the Public Works Act relating to the disposal of surplus land.

LINZ also has functions under a number of other Acts including:

• Airport Authorities Act 1966 (relating to disposal of land)
• Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 (relating to disposal of land)
• Electoral Act 1993 (relating to electoral boundaries)
• Geographical Indications Act 1994 (relating to geographical names)
• Health Reforms (Transitional Provisions) Act 1993 (relating to disposal of land)
• New Zealand Railways Corporation Act 1981 (relating to disposal of land)
• Overseas Investment Act 2005
• Resource Management Act 1991 (relating to network utility operators and acquisition of land)
• State Owned Enterprises Act 1986 (relating to disposal of land)
• Te Ture Whenua Mäori Act 1993 (relating to Māori land)
• Treaty of Waitangi (State Enterprises) Act 1988 (relating to disposal of land)
• Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 (relating to disposal of land)
• Treaty of Waitangi Claims Settlement Acts (various).

LINZ has a number of statutory officers with functions under the Acts administered by the Department:

• Commissioner of Crown Lands
• Registrar-General of Land
• Surveyor-General
• Valuer-General.

In addition, LINZ, particularly the Registrar-General of Land and the Surveyor-General, has special responsibilities relating to land transactions under more than 50 other statutes.

LINZ acts in a secretarial and administrative support capacity for the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa and the Valuers Registration Board. The Surveyor-General is the Chairperson of the Geographic Board and the Valuer-General is the Chairperson of the Valuers Registration Board.