| Local Act | 1939 No 6 |
| Date of assent | 8 September 1939 |
An Act to effect an Exchange of certain Lands between the Corporation of the Borough of New Plymouth and the New Plymouth Harbour Board; to empower the New Plymouth Borough Council to promote Carnivals for the Purpose of raising Funds for the Maintenance and Improvement of Public Reserves and Domains; to authorize the Council to establish Funds for the Promotion of Future Carnivals; and to empower the Council to make By-laws regulating Admission to Carnivals.
WHEREAS the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of New Plymouth (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) is the owner of the lands described in Schedule 1 hereto: And whereas the New Plymouth Harbour Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) is the owner of the lands described in Schedule 2 hereto: And whereas it is for the mutual advantage of the Corporation and the Board that the exchange of the said lands authorized by this Act should be effected: And whereas much of the revenue required for the upkeep and maintenance of public reserves and domains within and without the Borough of New Plymouth vested in the Corporation or controlled by the New Plymouth Borough Council (hereinafter called the Council) is raised out of the proceeds of carnivals, entertainments, and other gatherings held from time to time on some one or other of those public reserves and domains: And whereas it is expedient that the Council be empowered to hold such carnivals and gatherings and to control the admission of persons to any place used therefor:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—