Section 246 — Resource Management Act 1991: Restrictions on deposit of plan of survey for reclamation

246 Restrictions on deposit of plan of survey for reclamation (1) The holder of every resource consent granted for a reclamation shall take all steps necessary to ensure that the plan of survey is deposited under the Land Transfer Act 1952 or with the Registrar of Deeds as soon as reasonably practicable after the date the plan of survey is approved by the relevant consent authority under section 245 . (2) No plan of survey of a reclamation shall be deposited under the Land Transfer Act 1952 or with the Registrar of Deeds unless— (a) Within the preceding 3 years the relevant consent authority has approved the plan of survey under section 245 ; and (b) There is lodged with the District Land Registrar or the Registrar of Deeds a copy of the certificate issued under section 245(5)(a)(ii) or (5)(b)(ii) . (3) On the deposit of a plan of survey under the Land Transfer Act 1952 or by the Registrar of Deeds, the land shown on that plan as esplanade reserve shall be deemed to be set apart and vested in the Crown as local purpose reserve within the meaning of section 23 of the Reserves Act 1977 for the purposes described in section 229 of this Act. (4) Subsection (3) shall apply notwithstanding section 167 of the Land Act 1948 . Subsection (3) was amended, as from 7 July 1993, by section 132 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65) by omitting the expression “ (2) ” .