Section 237A — Resource Management Act 1991: Vesting of ownership of land in coastal marine area or bed of lake or river in the Crown or territorial authority

237A Vesting of ownership of land in coastal marine area or bed of lake or river in the Crown or territorial authority (1) Where a survey plan is submitted to a territorial authority in accordance with section 223 , and any part of the allotment being subdivided is the bed of a river or lake or is within the coastal marine area, the survey plan shall— (a) Show as vesting in the territorial authority— (i) Such part of the allotment as forms part of the bed of a river or lake and adjoins an esplanade reserve shown as vesting in the territorial authority; or (ii) Such part of the allotment as forms part of the bed of a river or lake and is required to be so vested as a condition of a resource consent: (b) show as vesting in the Crown any part of the allotment that is in the coastal marine area. (2) Any requirement to vest the bed under subsection (1)(a)(i) or subsection (1)(b) shall be subject to any rule in a district plan or any resource consent which provides otherwise. Sections 237A to 237G were inserted, as from 7 July 1993, by section 124 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65). Subsection (1)(b) was substituted, as from 25 November 2004, by section 27 Resource Management (Foreshore and Seabed) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 94). See sections 40 to 43 of that Act. Subsection (2) was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 93 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by substituting the expression “ (1)(b) ” for the expression “ (1)(b)(i) ” . See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.