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Manawatu-Oroua River District Act 1923

Local Act	1923 No 5
Date of assent	28 August 1923

Contents

2 Interpretation

3 Constitution of district

4 Constitution of Board

5 Confirming exercise of powers and appointments

6 General powers of Board

7 Special powers

8 Board to give notice before exercising certain powers

9 Failure to send notice

10 River Board to approve of drains and other works

11 Obstruction of flow of waters

12 Property works, &c, vested in Board

13 Penalty for damaging property or doing act in contravention of the Act

14 Penalty for failing to comply with Board's order

15 Board to keep hydrological records

16 Power to enter on lands

17 Board may purchase land

18 Price may be fixed by arbitration

19 Power to sell and lease lands

20 Notice to be given to local authority of works likely to interfere with roads, &c

21 Notice to be given to Drainage Board before construction of work in drainage district

22 Notice to be given by Drainage Board before construction of new work

23 Saving of work under construction of and maintenance

24 If no objection to notice, work may proceed

25 If objection and no agreement, matter referred to Public Works Engineer-in-Chief

26 Engineer-in-Chief to decide

27 Decision of Engineer-in-Chief authority for work, &c

28 Exception as to urgent work

29 Section 73(2) of River Boards Act 1908, not to deprive Board of jurisdiction

30 Board not to construct work on tidal waters without Governor-General's consent

31 Ratepayers list

32 Special powers of rating

33 Board may direct separate rates

34 Classification of land

35 Appeals against classification

36 Separate accounts to be kept

37 Rating to be on acreage basis

38 Consent of ratepayers before special loan

39 Power to make by-laws

40 When works affect railways consent of Minister required

Schedule 1
Manawatu-Oroua River District.

An Act to make Provision for the Improvement of the Waterways of the Manawatu River and the Oroua River, and for the Protection from Damage by Water of certain Lands in the Wellington District.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—