Local Legislation Act 1980

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Local Legislation Act 1980. City and borough councils
2: Hamilton City Council: validating illegal sales of land
1: Notwithstanding that they were without the consent of the Minister of Local Government required by section 150(4) of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, the actions of the Hamilton City Council in entering, as the mayor, councillors, and citizens of the city of Hamilton, into—
a: an agreement dated 28 November 1973 for the sale of the municipal endowment described in subsection (3)(a) to Hadley and De Luen Limited; and
b: an agreement dated 18 June 1975 for the sale of the municipal endowment described in subsection (3)(b) to G R Heappey Limited— are hereby validated and deemed to have been lawful; and the agreements for the sale of those municipal endowments (hereafter in this section together referred to as the said endowments
2: The proceeds from the sale of the said endowments shall be invested—
a: in other land; or
b: in securities of other local authorities; or
c: on deposit with a global asset or any pool of the global asset trust or any existing scheme
d: in first mortgage loans for staff housing— so as to preserve the endowment.
3: The said endowments comprise—
a: the land comprising approximately 928 m 2
b: the land comprising approximately 669 m 2 Section 2(2)(c) amended 7 September 1990 section 34(b) National Provident Fund Restructuring Act 1990
3: Patea Borough Council: authorising expenditure of money held in Reserves Realization Fund on upgrading of swimming baths
Notwithstanding anything in section 4(2)
4: Patea Borough Council: validating excessive rate
Notwithstanding that the general rate on the land value of all rateable property in the Borough of Patea of 13.39 cents per dollar, resolved to be made and levied in respect of the year that ended with 31 March 1979 by the Patea Borough Council at a duly notified meeting held on 30 May 1978, was invalid by virtue of its exceeding the limit imposed by section 136
a: the said rate is hereby validated and deemed to have 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: Petone Borough Council: validating unlawful leases
1: Notwithstanding section 10 of the Petone and Hutt Corporations Empowering Act 1905,—
a: every purported lease of a site on the beach (within the meaning of that Act) before the commencement of this Act granted by the Petone Borough Council (hereafter in this section referred to as the council
b: all actions of the council in granting any such lease so granted are hereby validated and deemed to be lawful:
c: all rent received by the council under any such lease so granted is hereby deemed to have been lawfully paid to and received by it:
d: such rent payable under any such lease so granted as has not before the commencement of this Act been paid to the council is hereby deemed to be lawfully payable, and capable of being collected as if it has always been lawfully payable:
e: such rent as on or after the commencement of this Act becomes payable to the council under any such lease so granted is hereby declared to be lawfully payable to the council, and capable of being collected accordingly.
2: Part 2 of the Petone and Hutt Corporations Empowering Act 1905 is hereby repealed. County councils
6: Golden Bay County Council: authorising grant towards gymnasium
1: Notwithstanding that it is not otherwise authorised to do so, but subject to subsection (2), the Golden Bay County Council is hereby authorised and empowered to pay to the Nelson Education Board out of its Land Subdivision Reserve Fund Account such sum or sums (not exceeding in the aggregate $15,000) as the said council thinks fit towards the cost of constructing a gymnasium at Golden Bay High School; and the said board shall hold and apply all such sums for that purpose.
2: The said council shall not so pay any such sum until—
a: it has been granted by the said board a licence under section 6A
b: the Minister of Recreation and Sport has notified the said council in writing that he is satisfied that the licence so granted provides for the reasonable use by members of the public of the said gymnasium and its ancillary facilities.
3: Notwithstanding subsection (1), the receipt of the secretary for the time being of the said board shall be a full and sufficient discharge to the said council for any such sum, and the said council shall not be obliged to see to its application.
7: Southland County: redefinition of boundaries
1: Subject to subsection (2), the boundaries of the County of Southland are hereby declared to be those specified in the Schedule
2: The said boundaries may from time to time be redefined, amended, or altered, pursuant to the Local Government Act 1974
8: Taranaki County Council: stopping of street and revesting in subdividers
1: Notwithstanding that the parcels of land respectively marked “A”, “B”, and “C” on SO Plan 11523 held in the office of the Chief Surveyor at New Plymouth (hereafter in this section referred to as the said parcels Council
a: the owners for the time being of the land described in subsection (3) (hereafter in this section referred to as the said land Registrar
b: upon the presentation for registration of such a memorandum, the said Registrar
i: there is executed upon it the approval of the New Plymouth City Council; and
ii: in his opinion, it would in all respects be in order for registration if the owners for the time being of the said land were the registered proprietors of the said parcels,— register that memorandum; and
c: upon the registration of such an easement,—
i: the said parcels shall thereupon be deemed to have been stopped; and
ii: of the said parcels, those marked “A” and “C” shall vest in the persons then registered as proprietors of the land described in subsection (3)(a); and
iii: the other of the said parcels shall vest in the persons then registered as proprietors of the land described in subsection (3)(b); and
iv: section 308 section 279(2)(b)
v: the bond dated 8 September 1976 between the chairman, councillors, and inhabitants of the County of Taranaki of the first part, and Bruce Henderson and Keith McDonald Okey of the second part, and The New Zealand Insurance Company Limited of the third part shall be deemed to have been satisfied in its entirety.
2: Except as expressly provided in subsection (1), nothing in that subsection shall operate to limit or affect any powers of the council in respect of the said parcels, the said land, any other land, any scheme plan, or any bond, deed of covenant, or memorandum of encumbrance.
3: The said land comprises—
a: that parcel of land situated in Block IV, Paritutu Survey District, containing approximately 2.4302 hectares, being part of Lot 3, DP 12115, and being the residue of the land comprised and described in certificate of title No D4/1338 (Taranaki Registry); and
b: that parcel of land situated in Block IV, Paritutu Survey District, containing approximately 7.6858 hectares, being Lot 1, DP 12115, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title No D4/1336 (Taranaki Registry). Section 8(1)(a) amended 1 June 2002 section 38(2) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 Section 8(1)(b) amended 1 June 2002 section 38(2) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002
9: Waihemo County Council: validating unlawful actions with regard to rural water schemes
The special orders made on 23 June 1980 under section 423 section 47 Harbour Board
10: Wellington Harbour Board: validating unlawful lease
1: Notwithstanding that they were contrary to section 5
2: The said land comprises that parcel of land situated in the City of Wellington containing approximately 598 m 2
3: Section 59
11: Wellington Harbour Board: authorising lease of part of wharf
1: Notwithstanding that the land described in subsection (2) (hereafter in this section referred to as the said land
2: The said land comprises the parcels of land situated in the City of Wellington containing—
a: first, approximately 4 464 m 2
b: secondly, approximately 4.48 hectares, being the land shown edged orange on Plan MD 15693 held in the head office of the Ministry of Transport at Wellington, and being the land shown on SO Plan 31852 and thereon marked “B”.