Functions of Tribunal

1 The functions of the Tribunal shall be— a to inquire into and make recommendations upon, in accordance with this Act, any claim submitted to the Tribunal under section 6 : aa to make recommendations, in accordance with section 8D , that land or interests in land be no longer subject to resumption under section 27B of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 or section 569 of the Education and Training Act 2020 : ab to make any recommendation or determination that the Tribunal is required or empowered to make under Schedule 1 of the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989 : ac to make recommendations in accordance with section 8HE that land, or any part of any land, that is subject to a Crown forestry licence under the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989 , be no longer liable to be returned to Maori ownership under section 36 of that Act : ad to make recommendations in accordance with section 8D (as applied by section 8HJ ) that land or any interest in land that, immediately before being vested in a Crown transferee company pursuant to section 6 of the New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990 , was land owned by the Crown or an interest owned by the Crown in land, be no longer subject to resumption under section 39 of that Act : b to examine and report on, in accordance with section 8 , any proposed legislation referred to the Tribunal under that section. 2 In exercising any of its functions under this section the Tribunal shall have regard to the 2 texts of the Treaty set out in Schedule 1 and, for the purposes of this Act, shall have exclusive authority to determine the meaning and effect of the Treaty as embodied in the 2 texts and to decide issues raised by the differences between them. Section 5(1)(a) : replaced (with effect on 9 December 1987) , on 30 June 1988 , by section 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi (State Enterprises) Act 1988 (1988 No 105). Section 5(1)(aa) : replaced (with effect on 9 December 1987) , on 30 June 1988 , by section 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi (State Enterprises) Act 1988 (1988 No 105). Section 5(1)(aa) : amended , on 1 August 2020 , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38). Section 5(1)(aa) : amended , on 23 July 1990 , by section 50(1) of the Education Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 60). Section 5(1)(ab) : inserted , on 25 October 1989 , by section 39 of the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989 (1989 No 99). Section 5(1)(ac) : inserted , on 25 October 1989 , by section 39 of the Crown Forest Assets Act 1989 (1989 No 99). Section 5(1)(ad) : inserted , on 28 August 1990 , by section 42 of the New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990 (1990 No 105).