Maori Purposes Act 1954

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1954.
2: Provisions of Maori Affairs Act 1953 to apply to this Act
Words and expressions used in this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meaning as in the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act
1: Amendment of laws
3: Amending provisions as to Maori housing accounts
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3: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s) Section 3(1) repealed 28 October 1965 section 10(2) Maori Purposes Act 1965 Section 3(2) repealed 1 December 1961 section 15(2) Maori Purposes Act 1961
2: Miscellaneous powers
Waiariki District Heading repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956
4: Settlement of Pukeroa Oruawhata (Rotorua Township) Claim
Section 4 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956 Aotea District
5: Ratana Settlement administration
1: Upon application made to it by or on behalf of the Ratana Trust Board constituted under section 14
a: vesting in a trustee or trustees, upon such trusts as may be declared by the court, those portions of the said land which, at the commencement of this Act, are used for communal purposes, whether or not church or other buildings are situated thereon:
b: vesting in trustees, not exceeding 5 in number, such portions of the said land as are suitable for residential purposes upon trust to subdivide and otherwise prepare the land for those purposes, and to dispose of the land in suitable lots or areas for house and business sites:
c: vesting any residue of the said land in such persons as the court finds to be beneficially entitled thereto.
2: The court may appoint the Māori Trustee
3: Subject to the provisions of this section, every order made under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall take effect as if it had been made under section 438 of the principal Act, and the provisions of that section shall, as far as they are applicable, and with the necessary modifications, extend and apply to any such order accordingly. Nothing in subsection (1) shall be so construed as to limit the authority of the court, in making any order under this section, to declare any additional and incidental trusts upon which any trustee or trustees appointed under this section shall hold the trust property or to confer on any such trustee or trustees such powers as the court deems necessary for the proper administration of that property.
4: The trustees appointed under any order made under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall, in addition to any powers conferred on them by the court, or by section 438 of the principal Act, have power—
a: to sell the land by private contract on such terms and conditions as the trustees may think fit; or
b: to grant, in respect of the land, leases renewable in perpetuity on such terms and conditions as the trustees may think fit.
5: For the purposes of exercising any powers under paragraph (b) of subsection (4), the trustees may exercise all the powers conferred on leasing authorities by the Public Bodies’ Leases Act 1908.
6: No alienation of any land for the time being vested in the trustees appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall require to be confirmed by the court.
7: In any case where the Māori Trustee section 38 Māori Trustee section 49
8: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
9: The land described in subsection (29) of section 14
10: Notwithstanding the repeal by this section of section 14
11: When, by reason of orders made by the court under subsection (1), no land remains vested in the said Board, the court shall make an order dissolving the Board and shall also make such other orders as it thinks necessary for the disposition of any other property remaining vested in the Board immediately before its dissolution.
12: Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 14 Section 5(2) amended 1 July 2009 section 30(1) Māori Trustee Amendment Act 2009 Section 5(7) amended 1 July 2009 section 30(1) Māori Trustee Amendment Act 2009
6: Further provisions in respect of proceedings relating to ownership of bed of Wanganui River
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s) South Island District Heading repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956
7: Stewart Island purchase money settlement
Section 7 repealed 25 October 1956 section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956