Local Legislation Act 1969

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Local Legislation Act 1969. City and borough councils
2: Validating variation of terms of raising certain loan money by Geraldine Borough Council
Whereas by Order in Council made on 9 January 1962, consent was given to the raising by the Geraldine Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan The action of the Council in raising the loan on the said conditions is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful; and all debentures and stock that have been issued in respect thereof shall be deemed to have been lawfully issued and shall have full force and effect according to their tenor.
3: Amending Palmerston North Reserves Empowering Act 1966
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
4: Authorising refund by Petone Borough Council to District Fund Account from loan money
Whereas, before the Petone Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan The Council is hereby authorised to refund the sum of $10,156.25 to its District Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan.
5: Providing for expenditure by Picton Borough Council in connection with centennial celebrations of Picton Volunteer Fire Brigade
Whereas in the year 1972 the Picton Volunteer Fire Brigade (in this section referred to as the Brigade Council
1: The Council is hereby authorised to establish a separate bank account to be known as the Fire Brigade Centennial Fund Account (in this section referred to as the Fund
2: The money in the Fund shall be expended by the Council solely in respect of the celebration and commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the Brigade and any sum remaining in the Fund after all such expenditure has been made shall be transferred to the District Fund Account of the Council to the credit of the General Account.
6: Validating loan raised by the Timaru City Council and validating refund by Council to District Fund Account from loan money
Whereas on 13 February 1968, the Local Authorities Loans Board sanctioned the raising by the Timaru City Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956
2: The action of the Council in refunding the sum of $15,642 to its District Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.
7: Validating refund by Timaru City Council to District Fund Account from loan money
Whereas before the Timaru City Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan The action of the Council in refunding the sum of $10,110 to its District Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.
8: Authorising Inglewood Borough Council to raise a special loan
Whereas the Inglewood Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956
9: Authorising refund by Marton Borough Council to District Fund Account from loan money
Whereas before the Marton Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan The Council is hereby authorised to refund the sum of $2,942 to its District Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan.
10: Authorising Rotorua City Council to guarantee repayment of a loan
Whereas the Young Women's Christian Association of Rotorua (Incorporated) (in this section referred to as the Association Council
1: The Council may, in the name and on behalf of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Rotorua, by deed or other instrument, guarantee to any financial institution within the meaning of section 326 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 provided that the Council shall not exercise the power conferred by this subsection unless the money so advanced to the Association by the financial institution amounts to not more than $30,000 or two-thirds of the total estimated value of the land and the proposed hostel when erected thereon, whichever is the less.
2: Any such guarantee shall contain such terms and conditions as the Council and the financial institution may agree upon, and may from time to time be varied by deed or other instrument executed by the Council in the name and on behalf of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Rotorua, and by the financial institution.
3: The mortgage securing the advance shall contain such terms and conditions as the Council, the financial institution, and the Association may agree upon.
4: For the purpose of providing funds to enable it to make any payment for which it becomes liable pursuant to a guarantee given under this section or for the purpose of refunding to its General Account any money paid from that account under such a guarantee, the Council may borrow money by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 section 34 of that Act
5: The land to which this section relates is described as follows: All that piece of land containing 1 acre and 0.4 perches, more or less, situated in the City of Rotorua, being Section 46 and part Section 3, Block I, Tarawera Survey District, being more particularly defined and shown edged red on Survey Office Plan numbered 42697 lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Hamilton.
11: Validating certain expenditure incurred by Whakatane Borough Council
The expenditure by the Whakatane Borough Council during the financial year ended with 31 March 1968 of the sum of $3,008.44 in connection with the celebration of the 50th jubilee of the Borough of Whakatane is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully incurred.
12: Validating rate books used by Manukau City Council, former Manukau County Council, and former Manurewa Borough Council
Whereas it has been found that certain rate books formerly kept by the Manukau City Council (in this section referred to as the City Council County Council Borough Council Rating Act 1925
1: The rate books adopted and kept by the County Council and the City Council in respect of the period commencing on 1 April 1956 and ending with 31 March 1968 shall be deemed to have been in the form prescribed by the Rating Act 1925
2: The rate books adopted and kept by the Borough Council and the City Council in respect of the period commencing on 1 April 1958 and ending with 31 March 1966 shall be deemed to have been in the form prescribed by the Rating Act 1925
3: All money received by the City Council, the County Council, and the Borough Council in payment of such rates shall be deemed to have been lawfully paid to and received by those Councils; and any such rates not yet paid shall be lawfully payable to the City Council.
4: This section shall not affect the rights of any parties under any judgment given in any court before the passing of this section or under any judgment given on appeal from any such judgment, whether the appeal is commenced before the passing of this section or not.
13: Validating refund by Taumarunui Borough Council to District Fund Account from loan money
Whereas before the Taumarunui Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan The action of the Council in refunding the sum of $42,654.81 to its District Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.
14: Authorising the Corporation of the City of Wanganui to expend certain compensation money
Whereas the land known as Reserve L (in this section referred to as the Reserve Corporation section 9 subsection (5) of the said section 9 land
1: Any compensation money held by the Corporation in connection with the taking of part of the Reserve for motorway purposes shall be held in the General Account of the Corporation as provided by section 9
2: The Corporation shall hold in the General Account a sufficient sum to complete the footpaths on or across the land.
3: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Corporation is hereby authorised and empowered, after setting aside the sum of money referred to in subsection (2), to use any surplus compensation money held by it in terms of section 9
a: investment in the purchase of land:
b: investment in securities of local authorities within the meaning of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956
c: deposit with the National Provident Fund, or the Post Office Savings Bank, or any trading bank within the meaning of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1964 Trustee Savings Banks Act 1948 Private Savings Banks Act 1964
d: investment on first mortgage for housing loans to members of the staff of the Wanganui City Council.
4: The income derived from the use of the compensation money shall be used in aid of the funds of the City of Wanganui.
15: Authorising Brunner Borough Council to raise a special loan
Whereas the Brunner Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 County councils
16: Authorising Waihemo County Council to raise a special loan
Whereas, by Order in Council made on 20 December 1965, consent was given to the raising by the Waihemo County Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956
17: Authorising Inangahua County Council to raise a special loan
Whereas the Inangahua County Council (in this section referred to as the Council The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956
18: Authorising Amuri County Council to raise a special loan
Whereas the Amuri County Council (in this section referred to as the Council The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 section 34 of that Act Harbour boards
19: Validating certain expenditure incurred by the Northland Harbour Board
The expenditure by the Northland Harbour Board during the financial year ended with 30 September 1967 of the sum of $863.57, during the financial year ended with 30 September 1968 of the sum of $1,549.23, and during the financial year ended with 30 September 1969 of the sum of $16.93, in the acquisition of a Coat of Arms, is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully incurred.
20: Authorising refund by Northland Harbour Board to Harbour Fund Account from loan money
Whereas section 6 of the Northland Harbour Board Vesting and Empowering Act 1966 Act Board section 8 of the Act The Board is hereby authorised to refund the sum of $27,797.15 to its Harbour Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan.
21: Authorising Northland Harbour Board to make a contribution to the Seafarers' Welfare Board of New Zealand (Incorporated)
The Northland Harbour Board is hereby authorised to pay from its Harbour Fund Account a sum not exceeding $10,000 to the Seafarers' Welfare Board of New Zealand (Incorporated) as a contribution towards the cost of establishing a seamen's mission building at Marsden Point.
22: Validating contract between Southland Harbour Board and New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited
Whereas the Southland Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board section 94 of the Harbours Act 1950 inter alia section 5 of that Act licensee) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the action of the Board in entering into a contract to grant a licence of the berthage for a term of 35 years with a right of renewal for a further term of 35 years at a licence fee to be charged to the licensee in lieu of dues on goods loaded or unloaded by or for the licensee or its shareholders over the berthage is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful, and the Board is hereby empowered to grant the licence. Affecting 2 classes of public bodies
23: Validating agreement between Bluff Borough Council and Southland Harbour Board
Whereas the Bluff Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council Board section 3 of the Bluff Borough Council and Bluff Harbour Board Empowering Act 1952 section 4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, the Council and the Board shall be deemed to have at all times been authorised and empowered to enter into the said agreement which is hereby declared to have been lawfully made and which shall have effect according to its tenor.
24: Authorising Tauranga Harbour Board to grant a lease
Whereas the Tauranga Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board land Council Corporation
1: Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 5 and 8 of the Public Bodies' Leases Act 1908 section 66
2: The lease may provide that it is to operate retrospectively and commence on 1 December 1964.
3: The lease may provide for differing rentals for specified parts of its term or for the rental for any part of the term to be fixed by agreement between the lessor and the lessee, or, failing agreement, to be fixed by arbitration.
4: The land to which this section relates is described as follows: All that piece of land containing 3 roods 33 perches, more or less, situated in Block X, Tauranga Survey District, being Lot 2, Deposited Plan S 12590, being part Allotment 413, Section 1, Town of Tauranga, and being also part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 10C, folio 425, South Auckland Registry.
25: Authorising Raetihi Borough Council and Waimarino County Council to build doctor's house and surgery
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 Counties Act 1956 Borough Council County Council section 51 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 section 31 of the Counties Act 1956
a: causing a medical practitioner's surgery, or house and surgery, to be erected on any land in the Borough of Raetihi belonging to or leased by the Borough Council or County Council;
b: the taking, purchase or other acquisition by the Borough Council or County Council of any land in the Borough of Raetihi for the purpose of erecting thereon a medical practitioner's surgery, or house and surgery.
2: The Borough Council or County Council, as the case may be, may let any such medical practitioner's surgery, or house and surgery, to any medical practitioner on such tenancy or lease, at such rent, for such term, and upon such conditions as it thinks fit.
3: The Public Bodies' Leases Act 1908
4: Nothing in this section shall authorise the Borough Council or County Council to deal with any public reserve within the meaning of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953
26: Authorising Waipawa Borough Council and Waipawa County Council to provide doctor's house and surgery
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 Counties Act 1956 Borough Council County Council section 51 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 section 31 of the Counties Act 1956
a: causing a medical practitioner's surgery, or house and surgery, to be erected on any land in the Borough of Waipawa belonging to or leased by the Borough Council or County Council:
b: the taking, purchase, or other acquisition by the Borough Council or County Council of any land in the Borough of Waipawa for the purpose of erecting thereon a medical practitioner's surgery, or house and surgery.
2: The Borough Council or County Council, as the case may be, may let any such medical practitioner's surgery, or house and surgery, to any medical practitioner on such tenancy or lease, at such rent, for such term, and upon such conditions as it thinks fit.
3: The Public Bodies' Leases Act 1908
4: Nothing in this section shall authorise the Borough Council or County Council to deal with any public reserve within the meaning of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 Miscellaneous provisions
27: Amending
Selwyn Plantation Board Act 1953 Section 27 repealed 8 October 1998 section 20(2) Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act 1992
28: Validating a memorandum of mortgage given by Kawhia Pest Destruction Board
Whereas the Kawhia Pest Destruction Board (in this section referred to as the Board Corporation section 68(2) of the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967 Part 1 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 section 8 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956
1: The action of the Board in contracting for and giving and executing the memorandum of mortgage securing the sum of $2,150 is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful, and the memorandum of mortgage shall be deemed to have been lawfully executed and shall have full force and effect according to its tenor.
2: The land in respect of which the memorandum of mortgage was executed is described as follows: All that piece of land containing 2 roods 27 perches, more or less, being Lot 1, DP S1770, being part Section 16, Block VIII, Kawhia North Survey District, and being also all of the land comprised and described in Proclamation S63852, South Auckland Registry.
29: Authorising North Canterbury Catchment Board to transfer money from its Plant and Equipment Purchase and Replacement Account to its Office Renewal Reserve Account
The North Canterbury Catchment Board is hereby authorised to transfer the sum of $60,000 from its Plant and Equipment Purchase and Replacement Account to its Office Renewal Reserve Account.
30: Validating agreement between Eastbourne Urban Fire Authority and Hutt Valley and Bays Fire Board
Whereas section 43 The Eastbourne Urban Fire Authority and the Hutt Valley and Bays Fire Board shall be deemed to have been authorised and empowered to enter into the further agreement dated 6 October 1969, and the further agreement is declared to have been lawfully made and shall have full force and effect according to its tenor.
31: Authorising adjustment of short payment by Waitemata County Council to Auckland Regional Authority
Whereas for the purpose of assessing, in accordance with section 60 Act Authority subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act subsection (1) of section 159 of the Rating Act 1967 subsection (3) of section 159 of the Rating Act 1967 Council section 60
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Act, the Authority shall not include the said sum of $11,189 in its estimate, prepared in accordance with section 58
2: The amount for which the Council is assessed by the Authority in accordance with section 60 section 65
3: The Authority shall reduce the amount of any assessment made against each of its contributing authorities (other than the Council) pursuant to section 60