Meaning of trust area and trustee
10 Meaning of trust area and trustee
A trust area is land that was at any time a trust area under the 1985 Land Holding Act.
The trustee, of a trust area, is the entity that is—
to the extent land in the trust area is the subject of a deed of grant in trust or a reserve under the Land Act—the land’s trustee under that Act; or
to the extent land in the trust area is transferred land under ALA or TSILA—the entity that, under ALA or TSILA, holds the land.
In a provision of this Act about a lease, or about a lease entitlement or a lease entitlement notice—
a reference to the trustee of the trust area is taken to be a reference to the trustee of the trust area, or the part of the trust area, in which the lease land is located or in which the land the subject of the lease entitlement or lease entitlement notice is located; and
a reference to a trust area is taken to be a reference to the trust area, or the part of the trust area, in which the lease land is located or in which the land the subject of the lease entitlement or lease entitlement notice is located.
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