• Preamble

  WHEREAS the Napier Harbour Board is the owner of the greater part of the lands described in Schedules 1 and 2 hereto: And whereas another part of the said lands is owned by the Corporation of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Napier: And whereas other parts of the said lands are privately owned: And whereas parts of the said lands are subject to leases and other limited interests: And whereas the said lands lie outside the Borough of Napier, but are contiguous thereto: And whereas the said lands or parts thereof require reclaiming, raising, filling in, levelling, and draining in order to render the same suitable for subdivision into building allotments: And whereas, in order to provide areas for housing and for the expansion of the said borough, it is desirable that the said lands should be developed and subdivided: And whereas it is desirable that the lands described in Schedule 1 should be included in the said borough immediately, and that the lands described in Schedule 2 hereto should be included in the said borough progressively part by part as the said lands described in Schedule 2 hereto may be required for development and subdivision: And whereas the Board and the Napier Borough Council propose to enter into an arrangement whereby, inter alia, the Borough Council shall at its own expense carry out the work of reclaiming, raising, filling in, levelling, draining, developing, roading, servicing, and subdividing the whole of such part of the said lands as is owned by the Board in consideration of the Board vesting the fee-simple of part of such lands in the Corporation: And whereas the Borough Council may desire on behalf of the Corporation to acquire the interests of any other persons in such parts of the said lands as are not owned by the Board or the Corporation: And whereas the Borough Council is desirous of reclaiming, raising, filling in, levelling, draining, developing, roading, subdividing, and making available for building-sites the hole or such part of the lands described in Schedules 1 and 2 hereto as are not owned by the Board as and when the same may be required for the expansion of the said borough: And whereas it is necessary or desirable that provision should be made for parks, reserves, and plantations on, in, and through the said lands described in Schedules 1 and 2 hereto, and that the Board and the Borough Council should have the powers and authorities in relation thereto conferred by this Act:

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