Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1955

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1955.
2: Cancelling the vesting of certain land in the Mangawai Harbour Board as an endowment and vesting that land in Her Majesty for recreation purposes
Whereas the land described in subsection (3) is vested in the Mangawai Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board section 2 of the Mangawai Harbour Endowment Reserve Act 1893 And whereas certain of the Board's endowment lands have been subdivided into building lots and the said land is shown as one of the lots thereon: And whereas certain other freehold lands at Mangawhai have been subdivided: And whereas, to meet the requirements in respect of reserves for these freehold subdivisions in terms of section 12 of the Land Subdivision in Counties Act 1946 Reserves and Domains Act 1953 Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The land described in subsection (3) section 2 of the Mangawai Harbour Endowment Reserve Act 1893 Part 2 of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953
2: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized 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.
3: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Otamatea County, being Lot 6 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under Number 39205, being part of Allotment 44, Suburbs of Molesworth, situated in Block II, Mangawhai Survey District, containing by admeasurement 38 perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 1063, folio 256, Auckland Registry.
3: Authorizing the Rotorua County Council to subdivide certain land and conferring on the said Council special leasing powers in respect of that land
Whereas the land described in subsection (10) said land And whereas there are erected on portion of the said land certain holiday and fishing cottages: And whereas for better administration the said land should be subdivided and the users thereof granted valid leases: And whereas it is expedient to vest the said land in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Rotorua (in this section referred to as the Corporation Reserves and Domains Act 1953 Council Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The land described in subsection (10) Reserves and Domains Act 1953
2: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 subsection (10)
3: The Council is hereby authorized to grant leases over any lots in the said subdivision to any occupier thereof or to the person appearing to the Council to be entitled to the buildings and other improvements erected thereon or, if there is no occupier or no person appearing to be so entitled, in accordance with subsection (4)
4: All lots on the said subdivision over which leases are not granted under subsection (3)
5: All leases granted under this section shall be on such terms and conditions as the Minister of Lands may approve: provided that the term of any such lease shall not exceed 21 years and shall not contain any right of renewal or any right of acquiring the fee simple: provided also that the Council may, with the consent of the Minister of Lands, on the expiry of any such lease, if the leased land is not required for recreation purposes, offer to the lessee a lease for a further term of 10 years on such terms and conditions as the Minister of Lands may determine
6: On the expiry or sooner determination of any lease granted under this section, the lessee shall have the right to remove all buildings and other improvements belonging to the said lessee.
7: The net revenue derived by the Council from the leasing of any land under this section shall be applied in or towards the general development and beautification of the recreation reserve adjoining the eastern portion of the said land, which reserve comprises 11 acres 12 perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, shown more particularly on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Auckland, under Number 36956, and thereon coloured green.
8: The powers conferred on the Council by this section shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other leasing powers of the Council under the Reserves and Domains Act 1953
9: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, 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.
10: The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows: All that area in the South Auckland Land District, Rotorua County, containing by admeasurement 9 acres and 6 perches, more or less, situated in Block VIII, Rotorua Survey District, and being Lots 1 to 13 inclusive, Lots 15 to 24 inclusive, Lots 26 to 37 inclusive, and Lots 39 to 47 inclusive, as shown on the scheme plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Auckland, under Number 3280. Section 3(5) second proviso amended 29 September 1977 Rotorua County Council Empowering Act 1977
4: Validating an agreement between J A Jans and the Taranaki Harbour Board
Whereas John Alois Jans, of Oakura, in the County of Taranaki, farmer (in this section referred to as the purchaser Board said agreement And whereas the said agreement provides for the sale by the Board to the purchaser of portion of its harbour endowment land at a price of 500 pounds upon terms and conditions as set out therein: And whereas a copy of the said agreement is deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, as Taranaki Deed Number 851: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the power of the Board to sell the said land and to the validity of the said agreement: And whereas it is expedient that the said Board should be authorized to sell the portion of the said harbour endowment and that the said agreement should be authorized and validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Harbours Act 1950
2: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Taranaki is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, accept such documents for registration, and to do all such things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the said agreement.
5: Declaring lands subject to the Forests Act 1949 to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948
Whereas the lands described in subsection (2) Forests Act 1949 And whereas it is desirable that the said lands should be declared Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948 Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The setting apart of the lands described in subsection (2) Land Act 1948
2: The lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows: Firstly, all that area in the Wellington Land District, Kairanga County, containing by admeasurement 107 acres 3 roods and 21 perches, more or less, being Section 375, Block III, Gorge Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 55917, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Wellington SO Plan 23209). Secondly, all those areas in the Nelson Land District, Murchison County, containing together by admeasurement 164 acres and 3 roods, more or less, being Section 9 and parts of Sections 3, 22, and 30, Block XIII, Tutaki Survey District: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 46/165, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Nelson SO Plan 9903). Thirdly, all those areas in the Canterbury Land District, Ashburton County, containing together by admeasurement 3 546 acres, more or less, being part of Reserves 3117 and 3118 situated in Blocks XII and XVI, Somers Survey District, Block VIII, Hutt Survey District, and Block I, Spaxton Survey District: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S X/99/2, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered yellow and red respectively (Canterbury SO Plan 8757). Fourthly, all those areas in the Canterbury Land District, Selwyn County, containing together 22 500 acres, more or less, being Reserves 3298 and 3299 situated in Blocks V, VI, VII, IX, X, XI, XIII, and XIV, Harper Survey District, and Blocks VIII and XII, Wilberforce Survey District: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 15/244/19, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green. Fifthly, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, Selwyn County, containing 9 000 acres, more or less, being Reserve 3310 situated in Blocks I, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, and XI, Whitcombe Survey District, and Block I, Glenrock Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 8/8/99, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. Sixthly, all that area in the Westland Land District, Grey County, containing by admeasurement 79 acres, more or less, being part of Reserve 1694 situated in Blocks XIII and XIV, Mawheraiti Survey District, and being part of the land proclaimed as permanent State forest by a Proclamation published in the Gazette Seventhly, all that area in the Southland Land District, Wallace County, containing 119 acres 1 rood and 37 perches, more or less, being parts of Sections 24 and 31, Block XVII, Jacobs River Hundred: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 22/4094, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Southland SO Plan 6243).
6: Effecting adjustments to the status of certain lands in the City of Wellington, being portions of the Victoria College site, the Mount Street Cemetery, the Wellington Town Belt, and a public street
Whereas the land firstly described in subsection (8) is portion of a public street adjoining land vested in the Victoria University College, a body corporate constituted under the Victoria University College Act 1933 College And whereas certain buildings of the College have been erected on part of the said street: And whereas it is desirable that the said portion of street should be closed and vested in the College in trust as a site for College buildings and as grounds appertaining thereto: And whereas the land secondly described in the said subsection is portion of the above-mentioned public street: And whereas this land has for many years been used for access purposes to and from the College and it is desirable that this portion of street be also closed and vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington (in this section referred to as the Corporation And whereas the land thirdly described in the said subsection is portion of the land vested in the College in trust as a site for College buildings and as grounds appertaining thereto: And whereas the said land thirdly described has for many years been used for access purposes and it is desirable that it be vested in the Corporation as an access way with certain rights reserved to the College in respect thereof: And whereas the land fourthly described in the said subsection is portion of the land vested in the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Wellington in trust to permit the said land to be forever used and appropriated as a cemetery for the burial of members of the Roman Catholic religion exclusively: And whereas this portion of land has for many years been used for access purposes and it is desirable that it be vested in the Corporation as an access way: And whereas the lands fifthly and sixthly described are portions of the land vested as aforesaid in the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Wellington: And whereas the said lands fifthly and sixthly described adjoin the grounds of the College and there has been erected thereon part of the buildings of the College and it is desirable that the said lands be vested in the College in trust as a site for College buildings and as grounds appertaining thereto: And whereas the land seventhly described in the said subsection is portion of the Wellington Town Belt vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple upon trust as a public recreation ground for the inhabitants of the City of Wellington: And whereas the said land has long been used for street purposes and it is desirable to vest it in the Corporation for those purposes: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The portion of public street firstly described in subsection (8) is hereby declared to be closed and is hereby vested in the College in trust as a site for College buildings and as grounds appertaining thereto subject to the provisions of the Victoria University College Act 1933
2: The portion of public street secondly described in subsection (8) Public Works Act 1928
3: The vesting in the College of the land thirdly described in subsection (8) Public Works Act 1928 provided that the right is reserved to the College and its licensees, invitees, servants, and agents to cross and recross the said land with or without vehicles of all descriptions, horses, or other animals, and reserving further to the College the right to build over the said land at a height of not less than 15 feet above the surface thereof subject to such conditions as to safeguarding the users of the said access way as the Corporation may impose.
4: The vesting in the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Wellington of the land fourthly described in subsection (8) Public Works Act 1928
5: The vesting in the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Wellington of the lands fifthly and sixthly described in subsection (8) Victoria University College Act 1933
6: The vesting in the Corporation of the land seventhly described in subsection (8) Municipal Corporations Act 1954
7: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and directed, upon application being made to him in that behalf and upon payment of all necessary fees and the deposit of such plan or plans as he may require, to issue certificates of title for the land declared to be vested in the College and for the land declared to be vested in the Corporation as access way and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
8: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All those areas in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being— Firstly, all that area containing by admeasurement 28 perches and eleven hundredths of a perch, more or less, abutting Reserve 7, Town of Wellington, and the Town Belt adjoining the Town of Wellington, being the land more particularly delineated on the plan numbered 20231, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Wellington, and thereon coloured green. Secondly, all that area containing by admeasurement 1 perch and forty-six hundredths of a perch, more or less, abutting Reserve 7, Town of Wellington, a public street, and the land firstly described herein, being the land more particularly delineated on the plan numbered 20231, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Wellington, and thereon coloured sepia. Thirdly, all that area containing by admeasurement 13 perches and four hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of the Town Belt adjoining the Town of Wellington, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 401, folio 286, Wellington Registry, and being the land more particularly delineated on the plan numbered 20231, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Wellington, and thereon coloured purple. Fourthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 25 perches and fifty-seven hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part Reserve 7, Town of Wellington, and being part of the land comprised and described in Deeds Index, Volume 6, folio 755, Wellington Registry, and being the land more particularly delineated on the plan numbered 20231, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red. Fifthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 16 perches and thirty-seven hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part Reserve 7, Town of Wellington, and being part of the land comprised and described in Deeds Index, Volume 6, folio 755, Wellington Registry, and being the land more particularly delineated on the plan numbered 20231, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Wellington, and thereon coloured orange. Sixthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 2 perches and ninety-four hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of Reserve 7, Town of Wellington, and being part of the land comprised and described in Deeds Index, Volume 6, folio 755, Wellington Registry, and being the land marked Severance Seventhly, all that area containing by admeasurement 6 perches and eleven hundredths of a perch, more or less, being part of the Town Belt adjoining the Town of Wellington, being part of the land comprised and described in Deeds Index, Volume 1, folio 4A, Wellington Registry, and being the land more particularly delineated on the plan numbered 20231, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.
7: Authorizing the winding-up of the New Zealand Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders' Association
Whereas the New Zealand Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders' Association (in this section referred to as the Association Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908 And whereas the members of the Association consider that a society incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 Incorporated Societies Act 1908 proposed society And whereas the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908 And whereas it is desirable and expedient that provision be made accordingly: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything in the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908 Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908
2: The Association is hereby authorized and empowered to assign, transfer, set over, and vest in the proposed society all the land described in subsection (6) provided that, before divesting itself of its assets, the Association shall pay or otherwise satisfy all debts owing by the Association at the date of its winding-up.
3: Every financial member of the Association at the date of the winding-up thereof shall, subject to the provisions of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908
4: No transfer, assignment, or assurance of assets of the Association in favour of the proposed society made pursuant to subsection (2)
5: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, accept such documents for registration, and do all such other acts and things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
6: The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows: All that area in the Wellington Land District containing by admeasurement 9 perches and twenty-four hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Lot 1 on the plan lodged in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 14067, being part of Subdivision A, Manchester Block, situated in the Borough of Feilding, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 537, folio 154, Wellington Registry, subject to and together with the party wall easements affecting the same.
8: Authorizing the Auckland Hospital Board to sell or exchange certain endowment land
Whereas the areas of land described in subsection (3) Board And whereas these areas have for many years past been fenced in with adjoining lands not vested in the Board: And whereas certain portions of adjoining land not vested in the Board have also for many years been fenced in with the Board's lands: And whereas it is desirable that the areas not fenced in with the balance of the main hospital site should be disposed of to the owners of adjoining lands: And whereas the Board has no power to do this and it is desirable that it should be authorized to do so: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Auckland Hospital Reserves Act 1883 Auckland Hospital Acts Amendment Act 1907 subsection (3)
2: The District Land Registrar for the Auckland Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, 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.
3: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All those areas in the North Auckland Land District, Eden County, containing together by admeasurement 7 perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being parts of Allotment 41, Section 3, Suburbs of Auckland, situated in Block VIII, Rangitoto Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 757, folio 246, Auckland Registry (limited as to parcels and to title): as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Auckland, under Number 37731, and thereon coloured yellow.
9: Authorizing boundary adjustments between the Auckland Public Hospital and the Auckland Domain and defining the status of the Auckland Hospital site
Whereas the areas of land firstly described in subsection (6) Corporation Auckland Domain Vesting Act 1893 And whereas the said areas of land have been occupied for many years by the Auckland Hospital Board (in this section referred to as the Board And whereas it is desirable and expedient that the said areas of land be vested in the Board: And whereas the land secondly described in the said subsection (6) Auckland City and Auckland Hospital Board Empowering Act 1922 And whereas the land thirdly described in the said subsection (6) Auckland Hospital Reserves Act 1890 And whereas the land adjacent to the lands secondly and thirdly described in the said subsection (6) And whereas the said lands have been used for many years as part of the Auckland Domain and it is desirable and expedient that the said lands should be vested in the Corporation: And whereas the land fourthly described in the said subsection (6) Auckland Hospital Reserves Act 1890 And whereas the land adjacent thereto is vested in the Corporation as a site for a morgue: And whereas, for the purpose of enlarging the site of the said morgue, it is desirable and expedient that the said land shall be vested in the Corporation as an addition to the existing morgue site: And whereas certain areas of land comprising the site of the Auckland Public Hospital are vested in the Board subject to different trusts, reservations, and conditions and it is desirable that these lands, being those fifthly and sixthly described in subsection (6) Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The vesting in the Corporation, pursuant to the Auckland Domain Vesting Act 1893 subsection (6) section 70 of the Hospitals Act 1926
2: The vesting in the Board, pursuant to the Auckland City and Auckland Hospital Board Empowering Act 1922 Auckland Hospital Reserves Act 1890 subsection (6) Auckland Domain Vesting Act 1893
3: The vesting in the Board, pursuant to the Auckland Hospital Reserves Act 1890 subsection (6) paragraph (c) of section 163 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954
4: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the trusts, reservations, and conditions affecting the lands fifthly and sixthly described in subsection (6) section 70 of the Hospitals Act 1926
5: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, 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.
6: The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows: All those areas in the North Auckland Land District, Eden County, situated in Block VIII, Rangitoto Survey District, being— Firstly, all those areas containing together by admeasurement 1 rood 9 perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, and being parts of the Auckland Domain: as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Auckland, under Number 37731, and thereon coloured blue. Secondly, all that area containing by admeasurement five-tenths of a perch, more or less, and being part of the Auckland Domain and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 430, folio 252, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Auckland, under Number 37731, and thereon coloured yellow. Thirdly, all that area containing by admeasurement seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of the Auckland Domain and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 717, folio 264, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Auckland, under Number 37731, and thereon coloured sepia. Fourthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 5 perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of the Auckland Domain and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 717, folio 264, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Auckland, under Number 37731, and thereon coloured sepia. Fifthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 21 perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of the Auckland Domain and being the residue of the land remaining and described in certificate of title, Volume 717, folio 264, Auckland Registry, after deducting the land thirdly and fourthly described in this subsection. Sixthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 12 acres, more or less, being Allotment 41 of Section 3, Suburbs of Auckland, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 757, folio 246, Auckland Registry (limited as to parcels and to title).
10: Authorizing the Manaia Town Council to sell certain land
Whereas the lands firstly described in subsection (7) And whereas the Manaia Town Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas the land secondly described in subsection (7) And whereas the said land secondly described is required as a site for the erection of an automatic telephone exchange: And whereas it is desirable and expedient to empower the Council to dispose of the said lands firstly and secondly described in subsection (7) And whereas the Council is possessed of certain money, being the proceeds from the sale by the Council of certain other of its endowment lands, and it is expedient also to apply that money in the manner hereinafter provided: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Council may sell the lands firstly described in subsection (7)
2: The net proceeds from the sale of the said lands firstly described in subsection (7)
3: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Council may sell the land secondly described in subsection (7)
4: The net proceeds from the sale of the land secondly described in subsection (7) subsection (2)
5: The money now held by the Council from the sale of certain of its other endowment lands shall be paid into the account referred to in subsection (2) subsection (2)
6: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Taranaki is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, 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.
7: The lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows: Firstly, all those areas of land in the Town District of Manaia each containing 1 rood, more or less, and being Sections 3 and 14, Block IV, Section 4, Block VI, Section 22, Block VII, Sections 8 and 19, Block VIII, Section 3, Block XII, Section 1, Block XIII, Sections 11 and 16, Block XVI, Sections 8 and 18, Block XXI, Sections 3 and 14, Block XXIV, Sections 3 and 13, Block XXV, Sections 7 and 18, Block XXVI, Sections 5 and 16, Block XXVII, and Sections 9 and 20, Block XXVIII, all of the Town of Manaia, and being the land comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 14, folios 246, 236 (part), 235 (part), 234, 239 (part), 242 (part), 252, 261, 250, 255, 257, 251, and 254, Taranaki Registry. Secondly, all that area of land in the Town District of Manaia containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, and being Lots 1 and 2 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at New Plymouth, under Number 4374, and being Section 20, Block XIV, Town of Manaia, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 71, folio 230, Taranaki Registry.
11: Authorizing the Governor-General to proclaim certain lands in Maniototo County and Naseby Borough to be Crown land
Whereas certain lands in the Borough of Naseby and the County of Maniototo in the Otago Land District have been either granted in fee simple or leased or have been taken up under residence site or business site or special claim licences issued under the Mining Act 1926 And whereas many of the owners and licensees of these lands cannot be traced and their lands have been abandoned: And whereas certain of the said lands are occupied and it is not possible to perfect the titles of the occupiers: And whereas, for the better planning of the district, it is desirable that the said lands or portions thereof should be resumed by Her Majesty and disposed of as Crown land, but subject to the rights of the owners or licensees thereof to claim compensation as hereinafter provided: And whereas, when the said areas were subdivided, various strips of land were laid off as roads or streets: And whereas some of these roads or streets are legal and others have never been legalized: And whereas some of them have never been used as roads and will not be required as roads or streets in the future: And whereas there are buildings on or partly on some of the roads or streets and it will be necessary to close such parts of roads or streets as are built on and to vest them in Her Majesty as Crown land to enable their disposal to the owners of the buildings: And whereas certain lands have been set apart as an endowment for the Borough of Naseby and the Naseby Borough Council has permitted certain persons to erect houses thereon but is unable to give a secure tenure: And whereas for the better utilization of these lands it is desirable that they should also be vested in Her Majesty as Crown land to enable their better disposal, but subject to the rights of the occupiers thereof: And whereas it is desirable that special provision be made to deal with these various matters: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The lands firstly described in subsection (7) Land Act 1948
2: The Governor-General may from time to time by Proclamation close any streets or roads, whether legal or otherwise, within the boundaries of the land secondly described in subsection (7) Land Act 1948 provided that the Land Settlement Board established under the provisions of the Land Act 1948 bona fide
3: Before exercising any of the powers conferred on him by this section, the Governor-General shall cause not less than 3 months' notice of his intention so to do to be given in the Gazette
4: If at any time within 5 years after the date specified in any Proclamation issued under this section, the registered proprietor or licensee or any other person having any estate or interest in any land to which the Proclamation relates adduces satisfactory evidence of his title to or interest in that land, he shall be entitled to claim compensation for his interest therein. The amount of any such compensation shall in every case be determined by the Land Settlement Board, and on any such determination shall, without further appropriation than this section, be paid out of the Land Settlement Account established under the Land Act 1948 provided that in no case shall the amount of compensation awarded under this section exceed the unimproved value, as determined by the said Board, of the land as at the date specified in the Proclamation affecting the land, together with the value, as at that date and as determined by the said Board, of any improvements then existing on the land and effected by the claimant or at his expense.
5: This section applies to all land laid off as roads or streets whether or not the same have been legalized, and to all land in respect of which residence site or business site or special claim licences under the Mining Act 1926 subsection (7)
6: The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby authorized 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.
7: The lands to which this section relates are more particularly described as follows: Firstly, all those areas in the Otago Land District situated in the Borough of Naseby, containing together by admeasurement 12 acres 2 roods and 5 perches, more or less, being part of Block I and Sections 169 to 178 (inclusive), Block I, part of Block II and Section 52, Block II, Block VII and part of Block X, Town of Naseby: Secondly, all that area in the Otago Land District situated in the Borough of Naseby and County of Maniototo containing by admeasurement 325 acres, more or less, being the Town of Naseby and part of Block I, Naseby Survey District: As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 22/5093, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red and blue respectively (SO Plan 12159).
12: Authorizing the Te Awamutu Borough Council to use certain land for housing purposes
Whereas the land described in subsection (4) Council And whereas the said land is no longer required for the purpose of a reservoir: And whereas, pursuant to section 4 Board And whereas the Board has since acquired a more centrally situated site and the land is now no longer required by it for hospital purposes: And whereas there is an urgent need for housing sections in Te Awamutu: And whereas it is desirable to authorize the Council to use the said land for housing purposes: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 4 subsection (4) Part 24 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954
2: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, 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.
3: Section 4
4: The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows: All that area in the South Auckland Land District situated in the Borough of Te Awamutu containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 27 perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, being all the land on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland, under Number 25486, being portion of Allotment 241, Parish of Mangapiko, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 672, folio 101, Auckland Registry.
13: Validating a lease and vesting certain land in the Corporation of the Borough of Cambridge in fee simple and declaring other land to be vested in the said Corporation for recreation purposes
Whereas the land firstly described in subsection (5) Corporation Plans of Towns Regulation Act 1875 And whereas the land secondly described in subsection (5) Reserves and Domains Act 1953 And whereas the Corporation has granted a lease for a term of 66 years over the land so secondly described to certain stock firms for saleyard purposes: And whereas there is no authority in the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 And whereas, to enable the issue of the said lease, it has been agreed that the reservation over the land secondly described as aforesaid should be revoked and the land vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple, and it has also been agreed to the change of purpose of the land firstly described as aforesaid from an endowment in aid of Borough funds to a reserve for recreation purposes subject to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, and to the vesting of that land in the Corporation, in trust, for those purposes: And whereas it is desirable that provision be made accordingly: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Reserves and Domains Act 1953
2: The vesting in the Corporation of the land firstly described in subsection (5) Reserves and Domains Act 1953
3: The vesting in the Corporation of the land secondly described in subsection (5)
4: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, to register such instruments, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
5: The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows: All those areas in the South Auckland Land District, Borough of Cambridge, being— Firstly, all those areas containing together by admeasurement 27 perches and forty-four hundredths of a perch, more or less, being Allotments 601 and 606, Town of Cambridge East, situated in Block IX, Cambridge Survey District, and shown on the plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland, under Number 4682, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 620, folio 90, Auckland Registry. Secondly, all those areas containing together by admeasurement 6 acres, more or less, being Allotments 429, 429A, 430, 430A, 431, 431A, 432, 432A, 433, 433A, 434, and 434A, Town of Cambridge East, situated in Block IX, Cambridge Survey District, and shown on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland, under Number 18836, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 500, folio 80, Auckland Registry.
14: Authorizing the Corporation of the City of Napier to lease certain endowment land
Section 14 repealed 8 September 1999 section 6(c) Napier Borough Endowments Amendment Act 1999
15: Removing certain land from the provisions of section 5(3) of the Paritutu Centennial Park Act 1938
Section 15 repealed 25 October 1963 section 20(5) Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1963
16: Cancelling the vesting in Her Majesty for railway purposes of certain land and declaring that land to be public road
Whereas the areas of land described in subsection (3) And whereas the said areas form portion of the Outram branch railway in the Otago Land District and this railway has now been closed: And whereas the Taieri County Council (in this section referred to as the Council Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Government Railways Act 1949 subsection (3)
2: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, to register such instruments, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
3: The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows: All those areas of railway land in the Otago Land District, Taieri County, being— Firstly, all that area containing by admeasurement 3 acres and 2 roods, more or less, being part Section 12, Block VI, East Taieri Survey District: Secondly, all that area containing by admeasurement 9 acres, more or less, being part Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Block XVI, East Taieri Survey District: Thirdly, all that area containing by admeasurement 20 perches, more or less, being part Section 1, Block XVII, East Taieri Survey District: Fourthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 8 acres 2 roods and 30 perches, more or less, being part Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Block XVII, East Taieri Survey District: Fifthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 12 acres, more or less, being part Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Block XVIII, East Taieri Survey District: Sixthly, all that area containing by admeasurement 6 acres and 20 perches, more or less, being part Sections 1 and 7, Block I, West Taieri Survey District: As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 16/3200, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red (SO Plan 12124).
17: Special provisions relating to the control of lands adjacent to the foreshore of the sea in the Marlborough Sounds and Croisilles–French Pass area
Section 17 repealed 13 January 1983 section 7(12) Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1982
18: Vesting railway land in the Corporation of the City of Wellington for water supply and other purposes
Whereas the areas of land firstly, secondly, and thirdly described in subsection (7) said areas And whereas, as a result of the construction of the Rimutaka Tunnel deviation, the said areas will, when the new line is opened for rail traffic, be no longer required for railway purposes: And whereas the said areas adjoin land vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington (in this section referred to as the Corporation section 4 of the Wellington City and Suburban Water Supply Act 1927 And whereas the Corporation desires the said areas to be vested in it for the same purposes as the adjoining land: And whereas it is desirable and expedient for the said areas to vest as aforesaid without consideration and subject to the conditions, easements, and restrictions set out in this section but otherwise freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The vesting in Her Majesty of the areas of land firstly, secondly, and thirdly described in subsection (7) is hereby cancelled and the said areas are hereby declared to be vested without consideration in the Corporation for the purposes set out in section 4 of the Wellington City and Suburban Water Supply Act 1927 provided that all improvements on the said areas so vested shall remain the property of Her Majesty and the right is reserved to Her Majesty to remove all rails, sleepers, telegraph lines, bridges, buildings, and other materials whatsoever: provided also, that Her Majesty may sell to the Corporation any improvements on the said areas which the said Corporation desires to purchase and the said Corporation is hereby authorized to purchase such improvements at a price to be mutually agreed upon.
2: There is hereby reserved unto Her Majesty and her agents, servants, workmen, and contractors a full and free right of way for access purposes at all times and from time to time either on foot and with or without implements, horses, carts, or other vehicles of all descriptions over a route to be mutually agreed upon situate on the area of land secondly described in subsection (7)
3: There is hereby reserved unto Her Majesty a full and free right at all times and from time to time to obtain without payment an uninterrupted supply of water for railway purposes at Mangaroa from the existing intake or from any suitable alternative intake which may hereafter be provided by Her Majesty on Section 11, Block XV, Akatarawa Survey District (being land vested in the Corporation for water supply and other purposes pursuant to section 4 of the Wellington City and Suburban Water Supply Act 1927 subsection (7) subsection (1)
4: There is hereby reserved unto Her Majesty and her agents, servants, workmen, and contractors a full and free right of entry at all times and from time to time over all portions of the said Section 11, Block XV, Akatarawa Survey District, and that portion of the area of land firstly described in subsection (7) subsection (1)
5: The date of the vesting in the Corporation of the areas of land firstly, secondly, and thirdly described in subsection (7)
6: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and directed, on application being made to him in that behalf and on payment of the appropriate fees, to issue such certificate of title and to make such entries in the register books, to register such instruments, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
7: The areas of land to which this section relates are particularly described as follows: All those areas of railway land in the Wellington Land District, Hutt County, being— Firstly, all that area containing by admeasurement 76 acres 3 roods and 25 perches, more or less, situated in Block XV, Akatarawa Survey District: Secondly, all that area containing by admeasurement 153 acres, more or less, situated in Block XV, Akatarawa Survey District, and Block III, Rimutaka Survey District: Thirdly, all that area containing by admeasurement 180 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks III and IV, Rimutaka Survey District: As the same are more particularly delineated on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at Wellington, under Number 23391, and thereon coloured pink, yellow, and pink respectively.
19: Authorizing the Hutt Park Committee to lease certain land
Section 19 repealed 6 May 1982 section 8(e) Lower Hutt City Council (Hutt Park) Act 1982
20: Making special provision for the setting apart of lands required for the Wallaceville Animal Research Station
Section 20 repealed 10 April 1998 section 48(1) Crown Research Institutes Act 1992
21: Repealing section 31 of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1938 and making certain provisions incidental thereto
Whereas section 31 Minister And whereas, by the same section, the Wairewa County Council (in this section referred to as the Council And whereas the Council raised the said loans of 4,000 pounds and 1,000 pounds but reinvested them pending a decision on the construction of the said works: And whereas the Council has not struck the rates in respect of the said loans as provided by the said section 31 And whereas it has been found impracticable and uneconomic to proceed with the said works: And whereas it has been agreed between the Minister and the Council that the works shall not be undertaken but that the Council shall not suffer any loss by reason thereof: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the Council's title to its endowment, Reserve 3586, and the manner in which the trust attached to the said Reserve may be exercised: And whereas it is desired to put these matters beyond doubt and also to confirm the Council's title to its other endowment area, Reserve 3185: And whereas it is desirable and expedient to make provision for these and certain other matters incidental thereto: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Section 31
2: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the reinvestment by the Council of the proceeds of the said loans of 4,000 pounds and 1,000 pounds is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.
3: The Minister is hereby authorized to pay to the Council the sum of 907 pounds 8 shillings and 1 penny as compensation for all losses incurred by the Council in raising, administering, and redeeming the said loans and in investing and reinvesting loan moneys received from the said loans.
4: The vesting in the Council as an endowment of Reserves 3586 and 3185, being all the lands comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 158, folio 250, and Volume 182, folio 104, respectively, Canterbury Registry, upon the trusts as heretofore affecting the reserves is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful, and, in respect of the said reserves, the following provisions shall apply:
a: Reserve 3586 shall be held upon trust to provide funds for the purposes of letting out Lake Forsyth into the sea in times of flood and of keeping Lake Forsyth at such level as the Council shall deem expedient, subject to the provisions of section 143
b: Reserve 3185 shall be held upon trust for the purposes of enabling the Corporation to erect drainage works by which the annually recurring losses and injury caused by the flood waters of Lake Forsyth may be prevented.
5: The Council may, until the maturity of the investments representing the said loan moneys, continue to pay the redemption payments on the said loans from its General Account and shall, upon the maturity of any such investments, reimburse to its General Account such amount as may then have been paid therefrom in redemption of the said loans, and the amount so reimbursed may be used for such purposes in the County of Wairewa as the Council shall deem fit. The Council shall apply the balance of the said loan moneys towards future redemption payments on the said loans and may continue to invest and reinvest such balance as may from time to time be held by the Council in such investments as shall for the time being be authorized by law for the investment of trust funds and, if on maturity of the said loans, there are insufficient funds to complete repayment of the said loans, the Council is hereby authorized to make good any such deficiency by a payment from its General Account.
6: The Lake Forsyth Endowment Account, representing rents collected by or owing to the Council in respect of its endowment Reserves 3586 and 3185, is hereby declared to be closed and the Council shall establish a separate account for each of the said Reserves 3586 and 3185 and pay thereto all money now held or hereafter received in respect of the said reserves.
7: The money in the said accounts shall be expended as required for the proper fulfilment of the objects of the trusts of the reserve to which each account is related and the Council may from time to time, and until such time as the money in the separate accounts shall be required for the purposes aforesaid, invest and reinvest the money in each separate account in such investments as shall for the time being be authorized by law for the investment of trust funds and all income received from any such investments shall be accumulated and added to the money in each of such separate accounts and the Council shall have the power to make such charges against such separate accounts for reasonable expenses incurred in the administration of the trusts relating to each of the said reserves as shall be approved by the Controller and Auditor-General.
8: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Canterbury is hereby authorized 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.
22: Authorizing the abolition of the New River Harbour Board and vesting certain land the property of that Board in the Corporation of the City of Invercargill
Whereas, pursuant to the authority of the New River Harbour Board Ordinance 1874 Corporation And whereas for many years the Corporation has been the Harbour Board for the New River Harbour and has expended substantial sums of money on the development and reclamation for farming and commercial purposes of certain portions of the said land: And whereas portions of the said land are leased by the Corporation to the Crown and to various other persons: And whereas the revenue from the said land credited to the Harbour Fund has for many years now been insufficient to meet the cost of this reclamation and development work and the General Account of the Corporation has been drawn upon to meet the deficiency: And whereas this endowment land has been used and developed more for municipal purposes than for harbour purposes: And whereas the harbour has not been used for commercial shipping for over 20 years and it would be impracticable and uneconomic to develop it as a commercial harbour and a Harbour Board is no longer required to control it: And whereas it is desirable that the Harbour Board for the New River Harbour be abolished and that the status of the land firstly and thirdly described in the Schedule be altered and the land be revested in the Corporation as an endowment for municipal purposes and also that all assets and liabilities of the said Board be vested in the Corporation: And whereas, to ensure the safe pilotage of any small vessels over the harbour bar, it is also desirable that a harbourmaster be retained for this purpose: And whereas the site of the Invercargill Aerodrome is situated on portion of the said land and it is further desired that the status over the land secondly described in the Schedule be altered and the land be revested in the Corporation as a reserve for aerodrome purposes: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything in the Harbours Act 1950 Schedule 2 of the Harbours Act 1950
2: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the New River Harbour Board Ordinance 1874 provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the validity of any dealing with any part of the said land in accordance with the terms under which it was held prior to the commencement of this Act.
3: The land firstly and thirdly described in the Schedule is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation upon trust as an endowment for municipal purposes subject to the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 provided that the provisions of sections 147 and 148 of the Harbours Act 1950
4: The land secondly described in the Schedule is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation upon trust as a reserve for aerodrome purposes subject to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 provided that the provisions of sections 147 and 148 of the Harbours Act 1950
5: All leases over any portion of the land firstly and thirdly described in the Schedule subsisting on the coming into force of this section shall be deemed to be made between the Corporation and the lessee named in the instrument of lease and shall continue in full force and effect according to their tenor.
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7: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Southland is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, to register such instruments, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
8: The following enactments are hereby repealed:
a: the New River Harbour Board Land Act 1875
b: the New River Harbour Endowment and Borrowing Act 1878
c: the New River Pilot Station Reserve Act 1879
d: the New River Harbour Endowments Act 1883
e: the Invercargill Corporation Empowering Act 1888
f: the New River Harbour Reclamation Act 1902
g: the Sandy Point and Grasmere Domains Vesting Act 1906
h: Section 97
9: Without limiting the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924 Section 22(6) repealed 5 December 1962 section 8 Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1962
23: Amending section 79 of the Local Legislation Act 1927 in respect of certain financial adjustments between the Crown and the Auckland City Council
Whereas by section 79 subsection (11) of that section And whereas the said section 79 Gazette Council And whereas it was further provided that, until the publication of such notice as aforesaid, special rates could not be charged by the Council in respect of the said Orakei Garden Suburb: And whereas the 50% of the saleable land has not been sold by the Crown but, because of the erection of State houses and the reservation of other land in the Orakei Garden Suburb, the whole of the area has been fully developed: And whereas, because of the general development of the locality, it has been agreed between the Council and the Crown that the said sum of 200,000 pounds shall be deemed to have been lent to the Council and the Council shall be deemed to have lawfully borrowed the same from the Crown on 31 March 1956, and that the Council may from that date charge special rates in respect of the Orakei Garden Suburb land: And whereas certain new financial arrangements have also been agreed upon between the Council and the Crown for the repayment of the said sum of 200,000 pounds and it is desirable that provision be made to give effect to these matters: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding the provisions of section 79 subsection (4) of that section subsection (3) of that section
2: Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (5) of the said section 79 provided that, until such time as the Minister of Lands publishes a notice in the Gazette subsection (3) of the said section 79 provided also that any amount so paid to the Crown shall not exceed the amount of the said annual instalment: provided further that, if any such payment is less than the annual instalment for that year, the balance of that instalment shall, without further appropriation than this section, be written off.
3: Except as otherwise provided by this section, the provisions of section 79
24: Declaring certain land to be vested in Her Majesty for recreation purposes and authorizing the Corporation of the City of New Plymouth to apply money towards certain purposes
Whereas the land firstly and secondly described in subsection (4) Corporation Cemeteries Act 1908 And whereas the said land firstly and secondly described has not been declared to be dedicated and open as a cemetery pursuant to section 52 of the Cemeteries Act 1908 And whereas the land secondly described is adequate for the Corporation's requirements for the purposes of a cemetery: And whereas the Corporation proposes to subdivide the said land firstly described into building lots: And whereas the land thirdly described in subsection (4) And whereas the said land thirdly described is not required for the purposes of constructing waterworks and the Corporation wishes to vest it in the Crown in satisfaction of the reserve requirements under the Land Subdivision in Counties Act 1946 And whereas the land thirdly described is suitable for recreation purposes and it is desirable that it be vested in Her Majesty for such purposes subject to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 And whereas the Corporation also desires the proceeds from the sale of the land in the proposed subdivision to be applied towards all or any of the purposes referred to in this section but there is no statutory or other power enabling the Corporation to do so: And whereas it is desirable and expedient that provision be made to give effect to these matters: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: The net proceeds of the sale of the land firstly described in subsection (4)
a: the development and improvement as a cemetery of the land secondly described in subsection (4)
b: the provision of roads, sewerage, water, and other services for the purposes of the proposed subdivision of the land firstly described in subsection (4)
c: the establishment, development, and improvement of a crematorium.
2: The vesting in the Corporation of the land thirdly described in subsection (4) Reserves and Domains Act 1953
3: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Taranaki is hereby authorized and directed to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, 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: The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows: All those areas in the Taranaki Land District, Taranaki County, being— Firstly, all that area containing by admeasurement 5 acres 1 rood 35 perches and one-tenth of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1 to 25 inclusive on the scheme plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, at New Plymouth, under Number 453, and being part of Lot 1 on a Plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at New Plymouth under Number 5612, and being part Sections 85 and 86, Grey District, and part of Section 197, Fitzroy District, Block V, Paritutu Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 153, folio 196, Taranaki Registry. Secondly, all that area containing by admeasurement 31 acres 20 perches and nine-tenths of a perch, more or less, being the balance of the land in the said Scheme Plan Number 453, and being the balance of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 153, folio 196, Taranaki Registry, after deducting the land firstly described in this subsection. Thirdly, all that area containing by admeasurement 5 acres 3 roods 24 perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Section 184, Grey District, and part closed road, situated in Block V, Paritutu Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 45, folio 245, Taranaki Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan numbered L and S 1/1383, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
25: Authorizing the Patea Borough Council to expend certain money
Whereas pursuant to the Patea Borough Council Empowering Act 1930 Council And whereas the net proceeds from the sale of the said reserves credited to the said Fund also includes the value of the improvements existing thereon and formerly owned by the Council: And whereas the Council is empowered to expend the revenue derived from the investment of the said Fund, but it is not empowered to use the capital sum thereof: And whereas it is desirable and expedient that the Council should be authorized to expend that portion of the said Fund which is represented by the value of the improvements as aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted as follows: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Patea Borough Council Empowering Act 1930
26: Authorizing the removal of certain lands from the restrictions of section 19(8) of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1938
Whereas section 19 Society And whereas subsection (8) of the said section 19 provided that the person to whom any land had been disposed of by the Society or the person to whom any land vested in His Majesty under the said section 19 was disposed of by the Crown shall not be capable of alienating, mortgaging, charging, or leasing the land or any part thereof or of creating any right, title, estate, or interest in the land or any part thereof except with the prior consent of the Minister of Lands on the recommendation of the Land Settlement Board: And whereas it is desirable and expedient that the provisions of the said subsection (8) Be it therefore enacted as follows:
1: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 19 subsection (8) of the said section 19
2: The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland shall, upon the expiration of the said period of 5 years, note upon every certificate of title bearing the restriction imposed by the said subsection (8)