Local Legislation Act 1962

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Local Legislation Act 1962. County councils
2: Validating variation of terms of raising certain loan money by Raglan County Council
Section 2 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
3: Authorising Matamata County Council to appoint additional members to Tokoroa County Town Committee
Section 3 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
4: Authorising Tauranga County Council to refund to County Fund Account from Depot Development and Plant Loan
Whereas, before the Tauranga County Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to refund the said sum to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan when raised: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Council is hereby authorised to refund the sum of 24,130 pounds 5 shillings and threepence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan when raised.
5: Authorising Tauranga County Council to refund to County Fund Account from Greerton Development Loan
Whereas, before the Tauranga County Council (in this section referred to as the Council loan And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to refund the said sum to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan when raised: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Council is hereby authorised to refund the sum of 5,744 pounds 3 shillings and fourpence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan when raised.
6: Validating variation of terms of raising certain loan money by Hawke's Bay County Council
Section 6 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
7: Amending section 9 of the Local Legislation Act 1960
Section 7 repealed 27 November 1964 section 11(2) Local Legislation Act 1964
8: Authorising Hutt County Council to raise special loan and to transfer loan money to County Fund Account
Section 8 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992 City and borough councils
9: Provision with respect to expenditure by Lawrence Borough Council on centennial celebrations
Section 9 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
10: Authorising Takapuna City Council to exercise powers in respect of wards
Section 10 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
11: Authorising Otahuhu Borough Council to expend money in connection with 50th anniversary celebrations
The Otahuhu Borough Council is hereby authorised and empowered to expend out of its General Account during the financial year ending on 31 March 1963, a sum not exceeding 800 pounds for the purpose of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Borough of Otahuhu, and the expenditure by the Council for that purpose of any part of that sum before the passing of this Act is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully incurred.
12: Making provision for the leasing by the Devonport Borough Council of the Cheltenham Kiosk
Whereas the Devonport Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas the Council holds the said land as an endowment for the use of the public with power to deal with the same in the manner provided by the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 And whereas there is erected on part of the said land a building comprising reception rooms and kiosk (which building together with its environs and appurtenances are in this section referred to as the kiosk And whereas the Council wishes to lease the kiosk in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 And whereas it is expedient that the kiosk be so leased: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The provisions of subsection (2) of section 156 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 shall not apply to any lease of the kiosk from time to time granted by the Council.
13: Validating variation of terms of raising War Memorial Loan by Masterton Borough Council
Section 13 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
14: Provision with respect to expenditure by Milton Borough Council on centennial celebrations
Section 14 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
15: Vesting certain land in Corporation of the City of Christchurch
Whereas in or about the year 1925 and thereafter certain rights of way commonly known as the Brae and Quarry Road were laid off to serve certain residential sections in the Redcliffs–Moncks Bay area of the County of Heathcote: And whereas the total width of the said rights of way varies throughout their lengths but at no point exceeds 45 links: And whereas the said rights of way provide the only practical access to the residential sections aforesaid: And whereas the said rights of way are now situated within the City of Christchurch and it is desirable, notwithstanding their narrowness that the same be declared a public street: And whereas the dedication of the said rights of way will sever certain small pieces of land from the main parcels of land of which they at present form part: And whereas it is desirable that these severed pieces of land be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Christchurch (in this section referred to as the Corporation Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: All those parcels of land containing together an area of 3 roods 20 perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, as the same are shown coloured sepia, orange, and blue on a plan lodged in the Office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch under number 9811, are hereby vested in the Corporation as a public street, freed and discharged from all encumbrances, easements, and other restrictions whatsoever affecting the same at the date of the commencement of this Act.
2: All those parcels of land containing together an area of 23 perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, as the same are shown coloured and edged sepia, orange, and blue on the aforesaid plan, are hereby vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple freed and discharged from all encumbrances, easements, and other restrictions whatsoever affecting the same at the date of the commencement of this Act with power to dispose of the same in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 150 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954.
3: The District Land Registrar for the Canterbury Land Registration District is hereby authorised and directed to make such entries in the register books, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
4: This section and the provisions thereof shall take effect notwithstanding any law or enactment to the contrary.
16: Validating variation of terms of raising cemetery loan by Masterton Borough Council
Section 16 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
17: Provision with respect to gasworks depreciation fund of Eltham Borough Council
Section 17 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
18: Provision with respect to reserve funds held by Nelson City Council
Section 18 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
19: Authorising Wellington City Council to use certain land for cemetery purposes
1: Notwithstanding the provisions of section 60 of the Cemeteries Act 1908, and without complying with section 52 of that Act, the Wellington City Council is hereby authorised and empowered to use for cemetery purposes the land described in subsection (2).
2: The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows: All that piece of land situate in the Land District of Wellington, containing 1 acre 32 perches and nine-tenths of a perch, be the same a little more or less, being part of Section 33, Karori District, and part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 626, folio 83, the said piece of land being delineated on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, Number 25436, and thereon coloured orange.
20: Validating proceedings in connection with raising of loan by Wellington City Council
Section 20 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
21: Authorising Whakatane Borough Council to make an
ex gratia Section 21 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
22: Authorising Mount Albert Borough Council to enclose and lease certain land
Whereas a railway line crosses Gladstone Road in the Borough of Mount Albert and an overbridge (in this section referred to as the overbridge And whereas the said railway line runs under the southern span of the overbridge: And whereas the land under the northern span of the overbridge can be fully enclosed by the erection of 2 side walls to such northern span: And whereas the Mount Albert Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The Council is hereby empowered to enclose the land under the northern span of the overbridge by the erection of 2 side walls and any necessary internal walls and fittings, and to pay the cost of such work out of its general funds.
2: The Council is hereby empowered to grant a lease or leases of all or any part or parts of the said land and premises, by private contract or public tender, at such rental or rentals, for such term or terms, with or without rights of renewal, and upon and subject to such covenants and conditions as the Council shall in its discretion think fit, and with power to accept a surrender of any such lease.
3: All money received by the said Council by way of rent or otherwise under such lease or leases shall be paid into the general funds of the Council.
4: The said lease or leases may, in the discretion of the Council, provide for the use of the said land and premises for storage, warehouse, commercial, or light industrial purposes.
23: Authorising refund to District Fund Account from loan money by Alexandra Borough Council
Section 23 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
24: Authorising Invercargill City Council to refund to District Fund Account from loan money
Section 24 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
25: Authorising Oamaru Borough Council to refund to District Fund Account from loan money
Section 25 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
26: Validating election of certain members of Auckland City Council
Whereas by public notice dated 25 October 1962, given pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 41 of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1953 And whereas doubts have since arisen as to the eligibility of 1 candidate so declared to be elected and, as a result, doubts have also arisen as to the validity of the election as a whole: And whereas it is desirable to remove any possible doubts as to the validity of the election of the other 20 candidates declared to be elected as aforesaid, namely, Frederick Norman Ambler, Eric Cameron Armishaw, Arapeta Awatere, Albert Edward Bailey, Horace George Beechey, Thomas Bloodworth, John Hinds Dale, Winifred Delugar, Frederick Henry Thomson de Malmanche, Alexander James Robert Dreaver, George Frederick Harry Forsyth, Alfred Onslow Glasse, Winifred Maud Horton, Keith Rodney Park, Charles Sylvester Passmore, Alfred Philip Harry Shone, Norman McLeod Speer, Walter Max Tongue, George Russell Tutt, and Harold Edward Watts (in this section referred to as the councillors Be it therefore enacted as follows: The councillors shall be deemed to have been duly elected members of the Auckland City Council at the triennial election held on 13 October 1962, and to have come into office on 26 October 1962.
27: Amending section 27 of the Local Legislation Act 1961
Section 27 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992 Harbour boards
28: Validating certain expenditure incurred by Otago Harbour Board in connection with Otago Museum Appeal
Section 28 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
29: Provision with respect to certain land vested in Whangarei Harbour Board
Section 29 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
30: Amending Gisborne Harbour Board Empowering Act 1961
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
31: Validating variation of terms of raising certain loan money by Southland Harbour Board
Section 31 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
32: Authorising Southland Harbour Board to sell certain land
Section 32 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
33: Validating election of chairmen and deputy chairmen of Otago Harbour Board
Section 33 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992 Drainage boards
34: Authorising expenditure by Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board in connection with opening ceremony
The Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board is hereby authorised and empowered to expend during the financial year ending on 31 March 1963, a sum not exceeding 500 pounds in connection with a ceremony to mark the completion of the first stage of the Manukau Sewage Scheme.
35: Validating expenditure incurred by Hutt Valley Drainage Board in connection with opening of Hutt Valley drainage scheme
Section 35 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
36: Amending section 36 of the Local Legislation Act 1960
Section 36 repealed 25 October 1963 section 81(1) North Shore Drainage Act 1963 Affecting 2 or more classes of public bodies
37: Authorising payment by Auckland Harbour Board to Auckland City Council
Whereas by Memorandum of Lease bearing date 23 January 1913, the Auckland Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board Council And whereas those baths were acquired by the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority for the purpose of constructing the Auckland Harbour Bridge: And whereas the amount of compensation paid for the Board's reversionary interest in the baths under the said lease at the time the same were acquired as aforesaid was the sum of 8,000 pounds: And whereas the Board is desirous of making the said sum available to the Council to assist the Council in erecting another swimming baths in substitution for the Shelly Beach Baths, but it has no power to do so: And whereas it is expedient that the Board should be empowered to make the said sum available to the Council for the purpose aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, the Board is hereby empowered to pay the said sum of 8,000 pounds to the Council.
2: The Council shall hold the money paid to it under subsection (1) in trust to expend the same in and towards the cost of providing public baths and bathing facilities in substitution for the Shelly Beach Baths: provided that if the Council fails to provide the said new public baths and bathing facilities within a period of 3 years after the date of the commencement of this Act the Council shall refund the said sum to the Board and the Board shall apply the same for its own purposes.
38: Exempting Meat Industry Research Institute from liability for payments of rates levied by Hamilton City Council and Waikato County Council
Section 38 repealed 27 November 1964 section 41(3) Local Legislation Act 1964
39: Validating agreement entered into between Howick Borough Council and Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board
Section 39 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
40: Authorising payment by One Tree Hill Borough Council to Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board
Whereas it was agreed between the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board (in this section referred to as the Board Council And whereas if the agreement had not been reached the Board could have constructed the sewer necessary for its purposes at less expense by a more direct route and in such case the Council would have been obliged to construct a sewer of its own at a cost to the Council estimated at 15,000 pounds: And whereas before the Council obtained authority to raise the first portion of a loan of 390,000 pounds to be known as the Sanitary Sewer Reticulation Loan 1961 (in this section referred to as the loan And whereas it is desirable that the construction of the said sewer as agreed upon should be included in the work for which the loan was authorised and that the said sum of 7,500 pounds should be paid from the proceeds of the loan: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The construction of the said sewer as provided in the agreement between the Board and the Council shall be deemed to have been included in the work for which the loan was authorised to be raised, and the Council is hereby authorised to pay the sum of 7,500 pounds out of the proceeds of the loan in meeting the Council's share of the cost of the said sewer or in reimbursing any expenditure made by the Council before the date of the commencement of this Act from its District Fund Account pursuant to the said agreement. Miscellaneous provisions
41: Further extending period during which classification for rating purposes of certain land in Wairarapa Catchment District shall continue in force
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
42: Provision with respect to acquisition, disposal, and erection of offices and dwellings by North Canterbury Electric Power Board
Whereas the North Canterbury Electric Power Board (in this section referred to as the Board said land And whereas the said land was purchased by the Board for the general purposes of the Board: And whereas the said land is situated in the Borough of Rangiora outside the Board's district: And whereas the Board has erected buildings and dwellings for the use of the Board and its employees on certain portions of the said land: And whereas it is desirable to validate the actions of the Board in purchasing the said land and in erecting the said buildings and dwellings: And whereas the Board desires to erect new public offices on part of the said land but has no authority to do so as the said land is not within the Board's district: And whereas the Board's existing offices and showroom are situated on the land described in subsection (7): And whereas the Board desires to obtain authority to sell this land by private treaty: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding the provisions of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925, the actions of the Board in purchasing the said land and in erecting dwellings and other buildings thereon and in making improvements thereto are hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.
2: Notwithstanding the provisions of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925, the Board is hereby authorised to provide on the said land—
a: public offices and other buildings, together with fittings and furniture for the same, for holding its meetings and transacting its business, and for the use of its officers, and for any other purposes; and
b: dwellings for sale or lease to its employees,— and in relation to the said land and the said offices, buildings, fittings, and furniture and any dwellings erected on the said land, the Board shall have the same powers as it would have had if they were situated within the Board's district and had been provided pursuant to the provisions of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925.
3: Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Works Act 1928 or in any other Act, the Board is hereby authorised to sell by private treaty or otherwise and on such terms as it decides the land described in subsection (7).
4: The Board is hereby authorised and directed—
a: to apply the net proceeds of the sale of the land described in subsection (7) towards the cost of providing and maintaining the offices, buildings, fittings, and furniture mentioned in subsection (2):
b: to use and apply any money borrowed by the Board under its Electrical Development Loan 1959 for the purpose of erecting a new office building towards the cost of providing the said offices.
5: The District Land Registrar for the Canterbury Land Registration District is hereby authorised and directed to accept such documents for registration and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
6: The land to which subsections (1) and (2) relates is particularly described as follows: Firstly, all that area of land containing 1 acre 3 roods 8 perches and one-tenth of a perch, more or less, situated in the Borough of Rangiora, and being part Rural Section 386, part of the said land being more particularly described as Lot 1 on Deposited Plan No 11585, and being all the land described in certificate of title, Volume 823, folio 59, Canterbury Registry. Secondly, all that area of land containing 1 acre 2 roods 22 perches, more or less, situated in the Borough of Rangiora, being part of Rural Section 386, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 382, folio 200, Canterbury Registry, limited as to parcels.
7: The land to which subsection (3) relates is particularly described as follows: All that area of land containing 12 perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, situated in Block VII, Rangiora Survey District, being Lot 1 on plan No 9177, deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch, part Rural Section 463, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 415, folio 175, Canterbury Registry, subject to transfer 186968 creating easements appurtenant thereto over the parts coloured blue on the plan on the said title.
43: Authorising Wellington Acclimatisation Society to make payment to Shona McIntosh Kersey
Whereas the Wellington Acclimatisation Society (in this section referred to as the Society And whereas the Society desires to make a payment of 500 pounds from the said Staff Benefit Fund to Shona McIntosh Kersey, widow of the late Colonel Arthur Oliver Kersey, who at the time of his death was Secretary of the Society, but has no authority to do so: And whereas it is expedient that such a payment should be authorised: Be it therefore enacted as follows: The Society is hereby authorised and empowered to pay to the said Shona McIntosh Kersey the sum of 500 pounds from the said Fund.
44: Validating variation of terms of raising certain loan money by Cook Hospital Board
Section 44 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
45: Validating rates made and levied by Otama Rabbit Board
Section 45 repealed 18 November 1992 section 6(1) Local Legislation Act 1992
46: Amending section 52 of the Local Legislation Act 1961
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)