Finance Act 1957

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1957.
2: Authorising contributions in relation to Christmas Island
Section 2 repealed 22 October 1981 section 2(3)﻿(b) Finance Act (No 2) 1981
3: Validating general increase of salaries of Government servants
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Service Act 1912 or in any other enactment, and without limiting any other powers in that behalf, it is hereby declared that there may be paid from money appropriated by Parliament for the payment of salaries and of allowances in the nature of salaries to persons employed by the Crown amounts by way of increase of salary from 18 November 1956, which shall not exceed in any case the sum of 40 pounds a year.
2: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 19 November 1956.
4: Authorisation of railway
Section 4 repealed 1 February 1982 section 248(1) Public Works Act 1981
5: Authorisation of reclamation
Section 5 repealed 1 April 1982 section 120(1) New Zealand Railways Corporation Act 1981
6: Exempting from gift duty donations made to South Canterbury Centennial Association Incorporated
No gift duty shall be payable or be deemed ever to have been payable on a gift of any property made to the South Canterbury Centennial Association Incorporated for the purpose of celebrating and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the settlement of South Canterbury.
7: Empowering certain local authorities to expend money in connection with South Canterbury centennial celebrations
It shall be lawful and be deemed always to have been lawful for any local authority or public body whose district lies wholly or partly within the boundaries of that part of the Provincial District of Canterbury south of the Rakaia River to expend money out of its general fund or account towards celebrating and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the settlement of South Canterbury, and in connection with the establishment of a centennial memorial or centennial memorials, and to make grants to the South Canterbury Centennial Association Incorporated for any such purpose.
8: Authorising local authorities to contribute towards the funds of New Zealand Travel and Holidays Association Incorporated and South Island Publicity Association of New Zealand Incorporated
It shall be lawful for any local authority or public body to expend from time to time out of its general fund or account any sum or sums of money, either by way of membership contributions or donations, towards the funds of the New Zealand Travel and Holidays Association Incorporated or of the South Island Publicity Association of New Zealand Incorporated.
9: Repeal of provisions in respect of timber workers' housing
1: Part 3 Timber Workers' Housing Regulations 1948
2: All the provisions of Part 3 section 21
b: subject to the provisions of this section, every hire purchase agreement shall provide that, if the sawmiller promptly pays all money payable under the agreement and duly observes all the terms and conditions thereof for a period of 20 years, further payments shall thereupon cease and the sawmiller shall be entitled to the certificate referred to in subsection (4): provided that the Corporation may grant to the sawmiller the certificate referred to in that subsection upon payment of such lump sum as the Corporation thinks fit instead of the hiring rent for the balance of the term of the agreement.
3: The following further provisions shall apply in respect of all such dwellings:
a: every sawmiller to whom a dwelling has been sold under hire purchase agreement pursuant to section 21
b: where a dwelling which has been sold under that section reverts or has reverted to the Corporation by reason of default or surrender or otherwise, whether before or after the commencement of this section, the Corporation may sell the dwelling to another sawmiller in terms of that section, but in any such case the period specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of that section may be reduced to the balance of the period then remaining, calculated from the date of the first sale; and, if in the opinion of the Corporation a sale cannot be made upon reasonable terms to another sawmiller, the Corporation may sell, let, or lease the dwelling on the open market on such terms as the Corporation thinks fit; and, in the case of any such sale as is last mentioned, the provisions of Part 3
4: Where a certificate under subsection (4) of section 21 Section 9(4) inserted 1 December 1961 section 7 Finance Act 1961
10: Abolition of levy on timber
Section 10 repealed on 19 November 1971 section 6(2) Finance Act 1971
11: Honey Export Control Act 1924 repealed
The following enactments are hereby repealed, namely:
a: the Honey Export Control Act 1924:
b), (c: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
12: Beetroot Sugar Act 1908 repealed
The Beetroot Sugar Act 1908 is hereby repealed.
13: Board of Agriculture Act 1913 repealed
The Board of Agriculture Act 1913 is hereby repealed.
14: Remounts Encouragement Act 1914 repealed
1: The Remounts Encouragement Act 1914 is hereby repealed.
2: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
15: Section 28 of Finance Act 1924 repealed
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
16: Validating appointments of Transport Licensing Appeal Authority and Transport Charges Appeal Authority
The appointments by the Governor-General dated 4 December 1956 of His Honour Judge Kendrick Gee Archer as the Transport Licensing Appeal Authority and as the Transport Charges Appeal Authority under the Transport Act 1949 for terms each expiring on 31 December 1957 shall be deemed to have had effect for all purposes from 31 December 1955.
17: Validating grant by New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board to dependants of the late F B Challis
The payment by the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board out of its funds during the financial year of the Board ending with 30 November 1957 of the sum of 1,000 pounds as a compassionate allowance for the benefit of the dependants of Frederick Bertram Challis, deceased, former Branch Manager of the Board at Dunedin, is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made.
18: Increasing limit of savings bank deposits with building societies
Section 18 repealed 1 January 1966 section 139(1) Building Societies Act 1965