New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
| Local Act | 1956 No 9 |
| Date of assent | 25 October 1956 |
An Act to close the Roman Catholic cemetery at the corner of McKenzie Street and Korokoro Road in the Borough of Petone; to vest part of the land in the Petone Borough Council for street purposes; and to authorise the laying of a drain through the said cemetery, the removal and reinterment of certain human remains therein, the removal of all headstones, monuments, and grave surrounds therein, the levelling and planting of the ground so affected, and the erection of a monument common to all persons interred in the said cemetery
WHEREAS all that piece of land situate in the Borough of Petone containing three roods thirty-nine perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part Section 3, Hutt District, situated in Block XIII, Belmont Survey District, and being the land described in Special Crown Grant Number 82 recorded in the Special Grant Book in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, at page 181, is vested in the Roman Catholic Archbishop 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 no interment of human remains has taken place in the said cemetery for several years: And whereas no further interments are likely to take place therein: And whereas the said cemetery has not been closed pursuant to the provisions of the Cemeteries Act 1908: And whereas the said cemetery is overgrown and the owner thereof has had difficulty in keeping the said piece or land and the headstones, monuments, and grave surrounds theirin in a neat and tidy condition: And whereas it is expedient that the said cemetery should be closed and no further interment of human remains be permitted therein: And whereas the Petone Borough Council is desirous of laying a drain through the said cemetery and of taking part thereof for street purposes as a widening of McKenzie Street: And whereas the Petone Borough Council has offered as compensation for such works to take over responsibility for the future upkeep of the said cemetery: And whereas the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington is willing to accept such offer of compensation: And whereas it is expedient that the said headstones, monuments, and grave surrounds should be removed and that the said piece of land, other than that part to be taken for street purposes, be levelled and laid out in lawns with ornamental trees, shrubs, and gardens: And whereas the Petone Borough Council and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington have no power without legislation to give effect to all their wishes:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
