This Act may be cited as the New Zealand Walkways Amendment Act 1994, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the New Zealand Walkways Act 1990 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

This section substituted s 8(8) of the principal Act.

(1) For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to subsection (2) of this section,—

• (a) Every contract or deed that was entered into under section 22 of the New Zealand Walkways Act 1975 and had effect immediately before the commencement of the principal Act is hereby declared to have effect as if it were a contract or deed entered into under section 8 of the principal Act, and is hereby declared always to have had that effect under the principal Act:

• (b) Every declaration that established a walkway over any public land under section 20 of the New Zealand Walkways Act 1975 and had effect immediately before the commencement of the principal Act is hereby declared to have effect as if it were a declaration made under section 6 of the principal Act, and is hereby declared always to have had that effect under the principal Act:

• (c) Every declaration that established a walkway over any private land under section 22 of the New Zealand Walkways Act 1975 and had effect immediately before the commencement of the principal Act is hereby declared to have effect as if it were a declaration made under section 8 of the principal Act, and is hereby declared always to have had that effect under the principal Act:

• (d) Every declaration that established a walkway over any private land under section 8 of the principal Act and was made in pursuance of a contract or deed referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection is hereby declared to be and always to have been lawful.

(2) Nothing done or omitted to be done by any person before the commencement of this section on, adjacent to, or in respect of any walkway to which subsection (1) of this section applies shall constitute an offence against the principal Act.