11. Restrictions on subdivision of land---(1) No person may subdivide
 land, within the meaning of section 218, unless the subdivision is---
   (a) Expressly allowed by a rule in a district plan or a resource
         consent, and a survey plan relating to the subdivision has in
         accordance with Part X---
           (i) Been deposited by a District Land Registrar or a Registrar
         of Deeds; or
           (ii) In the case of a subdivision by or on behalf of a
         Minister of the Crown, been approved by the Chief Surveyor for
         the purposes of section 228; or
   (b) Effected by the acquisition, taking, transfer, or disposal of part
         of an allotment under the Public Works Act 1981 (except that, in
         the case of the disposition of land under the Public Works Act
         1981, each existing separate parcel of land shall, unless
         otherwise provided by that Act, be disposed of without further
         division of that parcel of land); or
   (c) Effected by the establishment, change, or cancellation of a
         reserve under section 439 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, or a
         resumption under section 27D of the State-Owned Enterprises Act
         1986; or
   (d) Effected by any transfer, exchange, or other disposition of land
         made by an order under section 129B of the Property Law Act 1952
         (which relates to the granting of access to land-locked land).

   (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of Maori land within the
 meaning of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 unless that Act otherwise
 provides.