Crown Minerals Act 1991 070 Commenced: 1 Oct 1991 An Act to restate and reform the law relating to the management of Crown owned minerals BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:1. Short Title and commencement---(1) This Act may be cited as the Crown Minerals Act 1991. (2) This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1991.PART I CROWN OWNED MINERALS Interpretation and Application 2. Interpretation---(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--- ``Access arrangement and ``arrangement means an arrangement between a person desiring access to land for the purpose of carrying out mineral-related activities and the owner and occupier of the land, permitting such access, either entered into by way of agreement or determined by an arbitrator in accordance with this Act: ``Bed means--- (a) In relation to any river, the space of land which the...