Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority Dissolution Act 1983

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority Dissolution Act 1983.
2: Sections 14 15
3: Except as provided in subsection (2), this Act shall come into force on 1 April 1984.
2: Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Authority Board bridge Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950 Works and Development Services Corporation (NZ) Limited
a: any land or water over which the bridge passes on a structure where there is air space between the land or water and the structure:
b: any building, structure, or other work not forming part of the bridge, or not forming part of such road approaches, on-ramps, or off-ramps. Section 2 bridge amended 1 April 1988 Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority Dissolution Amendment Act 1988
3: Dissolution of Authority and abolition of tolls
1: The Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority is hereby dissolved.
2: All tolls prescribed in respect of the use of the Auckland Harbour Bridge are hereby abolished.
4: Vesting of assets and liabilities of Authority in Crown
1: On the commencement of this section—
a: all real property (including the bridge) belonging to the Authority, and all rights and obligations attaching thereto, shall be vested in the Crown:
b: all other assets, and debts, loan charges, liabilities, and obligations of any nature (other than under contracts of employment), whether present or contingent, belonging to or subsisting immediately before the date of commencement of this Act in the name of or on behalf of the Authority shall become the assets, debts, loan charges, liabilities, and obligations of the Crown.
2: The land described in the Schedule Public Works Act 1981 harbour bridge works depot
3: All land vested in the Crown under subsection (1)﻿(a) which does not form part of the bridge and which is not referred to in the Schedule Public Works Act 1981
4: On receiving a written request from the Minister of Lands
5: All references to the Authority in any security or other document whatever which is subsisting immediately before the date of commencement of this section, or in any notice or other communication served, given, or sent before, on, or after that date in relation to any such security or other document shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as references to the Crown. Section 4(2) amended 1 April 1988 Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority Dissolution Amendment Act 1988 Section 4(4) amended 1 June 2002 Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 Section 4(4) amended 1 April 1988 Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority Dissolution Amendment Act 1988
5: Continuance of proceedings
1: All proceedings pending by or against the Authority on the date of commencement of this Act in respect of its undertaking or functions may be carried on, completed, and enforced by or against the Crown.
2: Any proceedings resulting from any matter arising before the date of commencement of this Act but not commenced before that date may be commenced, carried on, completed, and enforced by or against the Crown.
6: Bridge declared motorway
1: The bridge is hereby declared to be a motorway within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1981
2: On receiving a written request from the Minister of Lands Section 6(2) amended 1 June 2002 section 38(2) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 Section 6(2) amended 1 April 1988 Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority Dissolution Amendment Act 1988
7: Saving of bylaws and bylaw-making powers
1: Notwithstanding the repeal of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950 section 3(2) Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950 section 22AB
2: In addition to any powers to make bylaws that the Board may have under any other Act, the Board may from time to time, in respect of the bridge, make, revoke, or alter any bylaw as it thinks fit for all or any of the following purposes:
a: protecting any property belonging to the Crown, or controlled by the Crown, from damage or injury:
b: conserving public health, safety, and convenience, and preventing and abating nuisances on the bridge:
c: regulating and preventing the taking on to or over the bridge of any noxious or dangerous goods or any thing which may cause pollution in the Waitemata Harbour:
d: regulating the speed, times, and manner at or in which vehicles or any class of vehicles may be driven on to, over, or off the bridge:
e: classifying traffic and regulating or prohibiting the use of the bridge by any class or classes of traffic:
f: regulating the speed of traffic crossing the bridge:
g: regulating the weights of vehicles which may use the bridge:
h: regulating or prohibiting the sale of goods on the bridge:
i: the preservation of order and public safety on the bridge:
j: generally for regulating the travelling upon, the using of, and the proper and efficient control and management of the bridge.
3: The making, revocation, or alteration of any such bylaw shall be by resolution of the Board and be done in the same manner as the Board may make, revoke, and alter bylaws under section 22AB
4: Before making any bylaw that is likely to affect, or altering any bylaw in such a way that it is likely to affect, the navigation or control of the Waitemata Harbour, the Board shall consult, and take into account the views of, the Auckland Harbour Board.
5: For the purposes of the Land Transport Act 1998, any bylaw made under this section is to be treated as being made under section 22AB
6: Every person who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any bylaw for the time being in force under this section commits an offence and shall be liable on Section 7(1) amended 10 May 2011 section 100(3) Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 Section 7(3) amended 10 May 2011 section 100(3) Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 Section 7(5) substituted 10 May 2011 section 100(3) Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 Section 7(6) amended 1 July 2013 section 413 Criminal Procedure Act 2011
8: Rights of navigation, etc
Except as provided in section 7 section 18
9: Bridge to be properly lighted
The Board shall at all times ensure that the bridge is adequately lighted so as to provide for the safety of ships and aircraft in the vicinity of the bridge.
10: Installation of services on bridge
1: No person or body shall provide, instal, maintain, or repair any water main, gas pipe, or other pipe, or any power or telecommunications line, wire, or cable on the bridge without the consent of the Board, which may be given subject to such conditions as the Board considers necessary for the protection and safety of the bridge and of traffic using the bridge.
2: The person or body responsible for any such installation on the bridge shall pay to the Board such annual amount for the use of the bridge as may be agreed upon by the Board and the person or body.
11: Advertising matter prohibited
No advertising matter of any description shall be placed or fixed on any part of the bridge.
12: Minister of Works and Development to be designating authority
For the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977, the Minister of Works and Development shall be deemed to have financial responsibility for any designations relating to the bridge or any buildings, structures, or works of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority in the district schemes of the Auckland City Council and the Northcote Borough Council.
13: Redemption of toll tickets
Complete unused toll tickets shall be redeemable by the Crown if presented for redemption at the office of the District Commissioner of Works in Auckland before 30 September 1984.
14: Redundancy compensation not payable in respect of continuing employment
Notwithstanding anything in—
a: any award or collective agreement; or
b: any other agreement or arrangement made between—
i: 1 or more persons employed by the Authority; or
ii: a union or society of workers; or
iii: an association of workers— and the Authority; or
c: any decision or administrative practice of the Authority— no person shall be regarded as redundant or entitled to compensation for redundancy if, on or before 22 March 1984, he is offered employment in or with the Ministry of Works and Development or the Ministry of Transport similar to that which he held with the Authority and at an ordinary time rate of salary or wages approximately equivalent to the rate he was receiving as at 14 December 1983 in respect of his employment with the Authority.
15: Redundancy compensation
1: Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, any person employed by the Authority who is not offered employment in accordance with section 14
a: compensation for redundancy in accordance with the redundancy provisions set out in the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority “Memorandum to Staff: Service Bonus, Long Service, Sick, Compassionate and Special Leave and Retiring Gratuities” dated 1 September 1975 and the “Memorandum of Understanding between the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority and the Auckland Provincial District Local Authorities Officers' Industrial Union of Workers” dated 19 August 1975; and
b: such remuneration as the Authority would have been required to pay if the redundancy had occurred before 1 November 1983.
2: Except with the concurrence of the Minister of State Services, no employee of the Authority shall be declared redundant or regarded as redundant or be paid any compensation for redundancy before 22 March 1984.
16: Amending Trustee Act 1956 Section 16 repealed 1 October 1988 section 16(1) Trustee Amendment Act 1988
17: Consequential amendments to other Acts
1: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: Section 17(2) repealed 1 April 1988 Public Works Amendment Act 1988
18: Repeals
The following enactments are hereby repealed:
a: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950
b: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1954
c: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1956
d: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1957
e: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1958
f: so much of Part 2 Schedule 2
g: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1962
h:
i: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1963
j: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1965
k: so much of Part 2
l: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1971
m: so much of Part 3 section 2(1) of the Local Government Amendment Act 1976)
n: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1979
o: so much of Part 3 Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950
p: the Auckland Harbour Bridge Amendment Act 1980 Section 18(h) repealed 1 March 1988 section 58(1) Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987