Local Legislation Act 1983

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Local Legislation Act 1983.
2: Except as provided in section 8(3)
2: Auckland Harbour Board: authorising payments for surrendered leases
1: In this section,— the Board the said land the said leases
2: The lessees under the said leases are hereby authorised and empowered to surrender them to the Board; and the Board is hereby authorised and empowered to pay to any lessee under either of the said leases, in respect of the surrender of that lease to it, any sum the Board thinks fit.
3: So soon as the said leases have both been surrendered in respect of any part of the said land, that part of the said land shall thereupon be freed from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions (not being trusts, reservations, or restrictions, applicable to all land vested in Harbour Boards) other than lease No 715502–3, and the party wall rights, referred to in subsection (5).
4: The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of North Auckland shall do all such things and make all such entries in his registers as may be necessary to give effect to subsection (3).
5: The said land comprises—
a: all that parcel of land situated in the City of Auckland containing approximately 260 m 2
b: all that parcel of land situated in the City of Auckland containing approximately 521 m 2
3: Featherston Borough Council: validation of informal rates
Notwithstanding that the rates described in the Schedule
a: the said rates are hereby validated, and deemed to have been lawfully resolved to be made and levied, in respect of the year that ended with 31 March 1982, on 23 July 1981:
b: all actions of the said Council in levying and collecting the said rates are hereby validated and deemed to have been lawful:
c: all money received by the said Council in payment of the said rates is hereby deemed to have been lawfully paid to and received by it:
d: such part of the said rates as has not yet been paid to the said Council is hereby deemed to be lawfully payable and capable of being collected as if it had always been lawfully payable.
4: Greytown Borough Council: validation of excessive rate
Notwithstanding that the special rate on the land value of all rateable property in the Borough of Greytown of 1.014164 cents in the dollar resolved to be made and levied in respect of the year that ended with 31 March 1982 by the Greytown Borough Council at a duly notified meeting held on 6 July 1981 was invalid by virtue of its exceeding the limit imposed by section 47(1) of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956
a: the said rate is hereby validated and deemed to have been lawfully made:
b: all actions of the said Council in levying and collecting the said rate are hereby validated and deemed to have been lawful:
c: all money received by the said Council in payment of the said rate is hereby deemed to have been lawfully paid to and received by it:
d: such part of the said rate as has not yet been paid to the said Council is hereby deemed to be lawfully payable, and capable of being collected as if it had always been lawfully payable.
5: Mount Albert City Council: validation of agreement to purchase land
1: Notwithstanding that they were without the consent of the Minister of Local Government as required by section 228 Housing Act 1955
2: The said land comprises all that parcel of land situated in the City of Mount Albert containing approximately 2.451 ha, being Lot 2, DP 92460, and being parts Allotments 52 and 53, Parish of Titirangi, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title No 48D/1306 (North Auckland Registry).
6: Nelson Provincial Museum Trust Board: validation of amendment to agreement by contributing authorities
1: The agreement dated 13 June 1983, a certified copy of which is recorded in the Department of Internal Affairs at Wellington on file 105/887, between the territorial authorities specified, immediately before the commencement of this section, in section 22(9)
2: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
3: The Governor-General may by Order in Council, on the advice of the Minister of Local Government, repeal the following provisions:
a: section 22
b: subsections (1) and (2).
4: The Minister of Local Government shall not advise the making of an Order in Council under subsection (3) unless he is satisfied that each of the territorial authorities specified in section 22(9)
5: Upon the repeal of the provisions specified in subsection (3), the agreement specified in section 40 section 22(1)
6: Nothing in subsection (3) or subsection (5) shall affect the validity of anything validated by any provision specified in subsection (3).
7: An order under this section is secondary legislation ( see Part 3 The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication PCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the Gazette LA19 s 69(1)﻿(c) Presentation The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)﻿(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 6(7) inserted 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021
7: Northland Harbour Board: validation of illegal payment of retirement gratuity
Notwithstanding that the actions of the Northland Harbour Board in paying to Ronald Norman Griggs, during the year ending with 30 September 1983, a retirement gratuity of $7,559.25 were unlawful in that he had not been in the service of the said Board for 10 years, as required by section 6
8: North Shore Drainage Amendment Act 1983 amended
(1), (2): Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
3: Subsections (1) and (2) shall be deemed to have come into force on 13 August 1983.
9: Patea Borough Council: validation of excessive rate
Notwithstanding that the general rate on the land value of all rateable property in the Borough of Patea of 7.78 cents per dollar resolved to be made and levied in respect of the year that ended with 31 March 1982 by the Patea Borough Council at a duly notified meeting held on 17 June 1981 was invalid by virtue of its exceeding the limit imposed by section 136
a: the said rate is hereby validated and deemed to have been lawfully made:
b: all actions of the said Council in levying and collecting the said rate are hereby validated and deemed to have been lawful:
c: all money received by the said Council in payment of the said rate is hereby deemed to have been lawfully paid to and received by it:
d: such part of the said rate as has not yet been paid to the said Council is hereby deemed to be lawfully payable, and capable of being collected as if it had always been lawfully payable.
10: Wairoa Borough Council: authorising special agreement to supply water
1: The Wairoa Borough Council is hereby authorised and empowered by deed to agree with Swift New Zealand Company Limited and Waitaki NZ Refrigerating Limited (each of which is a duly incorporated company having its registered office in Christchurch) that it will not, otherwise than in accordance with the terms of the deed concerned, reduce or discontinue the supply of water referred to in that deed; and, notwithstanding any enactment or bylaw to the contrary, but subject to subsection (2), to the extent that the said Council so agrees, that deed shall be binding upon the said Council according to its tenor.
2: Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), or in any deed made under that subsection, the said Council may at any time reduce or discontinue the said supply—
a: in accordance with section 397
b: for so long as, and (subject to paragraph (d)) to the extent only that, any part of the Council's waterworks (being a part used in, or affected by, the said supply) is about to fail, or is undergoing maintenance or repair, or is being replaced; or
c: for so long as, and (subject to paragraph (d)) to the extent only that, for any reason beyond its control, the said Council is unable to maintain the said supply; or
d: for so long as, and to the extent only that, in the opinion of the said Council, a drought, a flood, or some other emergency, makes it necessary to reduce or discontinue the said supply in order to ensure that the supply of water to other consumers supplied by the Council—
i: is not reduced below the quantity necessary for the preservation of public health; or
ii: is reduced as little as possible below that quantity.
11: Whakatane District Council: varying amount of rate
Section 11 repealed 1 July 2003 section 138(1) Local Government (Rating) Act 2002
12: Whangarei City Council: removal of limitations on title
1: The land described in subsection (3) is hereby freed from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions, to which it was subject immediately before the commencement of this section (not being trusts, reservations, or restrictions, applicable to all land vested in City Councils).
2: The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of North Auckland shall do all things and make all such entries in his registers as may be necessary to give effect to subsection (1).
3: The said land comprises all that parcel of land situated in the City of Whangarei containing approximately 2 060 m 2