Foreshore and Seabed Register

Background

Public Register in the Foreshore and Seabed Act

PART 5 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC FORESHORE AND SEABED REGISTER, RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS, AND OTHER MATTERS

SUBPART 1 - PUBLIC FORESHORE AND SEABED REGISTER

92. Public foreshore and seabed register

93. Requirements for keeping public foreshore and seabed register

94. Inspection and copying

95. Application of Privacy Act 1993

92. Public foreshore and seabed register

(1) The Chief Executive must keep a public foreshore and seabed register as a permanent record of-

(a) the orders made, varied, or cancelled by the Maori Land Court under Part 3; and

(b) the orders made by the High Court under section 43; and

(d) the orders made, varied, or cancelled by the High Court under Part 4; and

(e) agreements entered into under section 96; and

(f) any restrictions or prohibitions on access imposed by the Minister of Conservation under section 26; and

(g) any controls imposed by the Minister of Conservation under Schedule 12 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

(2) The public foreshore and seabed register is in addition to the records of the Maori Land Court.

93. Requirements for keeping public foreshore and seabed register—

(1) The public foreshore and seabed register kept under section 92 must be held in the safe custody of the Chief Executive.

(2) The register may be kept-

(a) in an electronic, electromagnetic, optical, digital, or photographic process or system; or

(b) as a paper record; or

(d) in any combination of these processes, systems, or means.

94. Inspection and copying-

(1) All orders and other documents contained in the public foreshore and seabed register must be available for public inspection and copying, and copies may be supplied to any person upon request upon payment of the prescribed fee (if any).

(2)The right to inspect and copy orders and other documents includes the right to receive—

(a) in the case of an order or other document that is a paper record, a paper copy of the order or other document; and

(b) in the case of an instrument recorded by a process, system, or means other than as a paper record, a paper document that records the content of the instrument and complies with section 93(2)(a) and (b).

95. Application of Privacy Act 1993-

The register kept under section 92 is a public register within the meaning of section 58 of the Privacy Act 1993.

Contact the Administrator:

If you have any questions about the Foreshore and Seabed Public Register, or require more information, please contact the administrator:

Jo Hogg, Public Register Administrator

Special Jurisdictions National Office

Phone: 04 918 8800

Fax: 04 918 8820

Email: FSBregister@justice.govt.nz

Address

Public Register Administrator
Special Jurisdictions National Office
Level 3
Vogel Building
8 Aitken Street
PO Box 180
Wellington