Porirua City Council (Pauatahanui Burial Ground) Act 2007

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as at 19 March 2008

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Porirua City Council (Pauatahanui Burial Ground) Act 2007

Local Act2007 No 1
Date of assent23 October 2007
Commencementsee section 2
Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

1 Title

  • This Act is the Porirua City Council (Pauatahanui Burial Ground) Act 2007.

2 Commencement

  • This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

3 Purposes of this Act

  • The purposes of this Act are to—

    • (a) confirm the vesting of the Burial Ground in the Council; and

    • (b) dissolve certain Trusts relating to the Burial Ground; and

    • (c) extinguish certain interests of the Stace family in the Burial Ground; and

    • (d) preserve specified entitlements, including the rights of persons who have purchased before the closure of the Burial Ground plots of land—

      • (i) in the Burial Ground; and

      • (ii) in which no burial has yet been made; and

    • (e) provide for the maintenance, inspection, and records of the Burial Ground.

4 Interpretation

  • In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    Burial Ground means the burial ground that is—

    • (a) known as, and under section 10 continues to be called, the Pauatahanui Burial Ground; and

    • (b) the land described in the Schedule; and

    • (c) a closed burial ground

    Burial Ground closing order means the notice published—

    • (a) in respect of the Burial Ground; and

    • (c) on page 1534 of the Gazette of 3 June 2004

    closure, in relation to the Burial Ground, means the time (namely the close of 3 December 2004) at which that ground was closed by the Burial Ground closing order

    controller and manager, in relation to the Burial Ground, means—

    • (a) the Council, by virtue of the Burial Ground closing order:

    • (b) any other individual or body corporate in lieu of or in addition to the Council, or any other individual or body corporate, in which control and management is vested under section 44 of the Act

    Council means the Porirua City Council

    Deed of Trust means the Deed of Trust dated 6 December 1856 under which Thomas Hollis Stace conveyed the land that is the Burial Ground, on the Trusts set out in that Deed, to William Bromley, Edward Bolton, Thomas Hollis Stace, William Jones, and James Mitchell

    general provisions on closed burial grounds means the provisions of the Act, and of any regulations made under the Act, that relate to closed burial grounds

    Minister means the Minister of Health

    Registrar means the Registrar-General of Land

    Stace heirs and assigns means the heirs and assigns of Thomas Hollis Stace

    Trusts means the trusts established by, and modified by amendments to, the Deed of Trust.

Part 2
Burial Ground

Subpart 1—Status, control, and management

5 Confirmation of vesting of Burial Ground in Council

  • (1) The vesting of the Burial Ground in the Council, effected by section 53(2) of the Act and the Burial Ground closing order, is confirmed.

    (2) If the Minister under section 44 of the Act vests the control and management of the Burial Ground in any individual or body corporate in lieu of the Council,—

    • (b) the Burial Ground remains vested in the Council.

    (3) Section 99A of the Land Transfer Act 1952 applies to the vesting confirmed by this section of the Burial Ground in the Council and, in complying with that section by making entries in the register (as defined in section 2 of that Act) and otherwise giving effect to section 53(2) of the Act, the Registrar must—

    • (a) remove caveat number 12255 (interests protected by which are extinguished by section 8) from the register (as so defined) relating to the Burial Ground; and

    • (b) issue a computer freehold register for the land that is the Burial Ground.

6 Application to Burial Ground of general provisions on closed burial grounds
7 Dissolution of Trusts

  • The Trusts are dissolved.

8 Interests of Stace heirs and assigns under caveat extinguished

  • (1) The interests of the Stace heirs and assigns protected by caveat number 12255 are extinguished.

    (2) Nothing in this Act affects existing burials in the Burial Ground in relation to the Stace heirs and assigns.

    (3) The Stace heirs and assigns may, after obtaining the controller and manager's consent for them to do so, inter ashes of the Stace heirs and assigns in that part of the Burial Ground where existing burials of those heirs and assigns have already been made.

    (4) The controller and manager must not unreasonably withhold consent of that kind.

    (5) Subsection (3) overrides subsection (1).

9 Entitlements of purchasers, survivors, etc, saved

  • (1) Nothing in this Act affects any entitlement, interest, right, or title—

    • (a) of a person of a kind specified in subsection (2); and

    • (b) recognised or protected by the Act, the Burial Ground closing order, or both.

    (2) The kinds of persons referred to in subsection (1)(a) are—

    • (a) any person who purchased before the closure a burial plot—

      • (i) in the Burial Ground; and

      • (ii) in which no burial has yet been made; and

10 Burial Ground continues to be called Pauatahanui Burial Ground

  • The Burial Ground continues to be called the Pauatahanui Burial Ground.

Subpart 2—Maintenance, inspection, and records

11 Sections 12 and 13 apply only while Council is controller and manager

  • Sections 12 and 13 apply only while the control and management of the Burial Ground is vested in the Council (either alone, or with any other individual or body corporate).

12 Maintenance of Burial Ground

  • (1) Sections 8 and 9 of the Act (which relate to a local authority managing, and digging, making, erecting, placing, and maintaining graves, vaults, monuments, and tablets in, a cemetery) apply in respect of the Burial Ground as if it were a cemetery.

    (2) The Council must meet any maintenance costs associated with the Burial Ground.

    (3) The Council must take all reasonably practicable steps to foster community involvement in the upkeep and beautification of the Burial Ground.

    (4) The Council must consult with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust before the Council undertakes any major repairs or major earthworks at the Burial Ground.

13 Inspection of Burial Ground

  • Section 52 of the Act (which relates to the inspection of cemeteries) applies to the Council in respect of the Burial Ground as if it were a cemetery.

14 Records relating to Burial Ground

  • (1) The Council is responsible for the safe custody of all records relating to the history and management of the Burial Ground.

    (2) Section 50 of the Act (which relates to the registration of burials within a cemetery) applies to the Council in respect of the Burial Ground as if it were a cemetery.

    (3) As soon as practicable after this Act comes into force, the Council must cause to be compiled and maintained as complete a record as practicable of the names and other identifying details of all persons known to be persons who have purchased, before the closure, burial plots in the Burial Ground in which no burials have been made.

    (4) As soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement of this Act, all records relating to the Burial Ground (including the Deed of Trust, amendments to the Deed of Trust, financial records, and burial records) must be transferred to the Council.

Schedule
Pauatahanui Burial Ground

s 4

All that piece of land containing 3179 square metres more or less being section 1 on SO Plan 336355 Wellington Registry.

Contents

  • 1General

  • 2Status of reprints

  • 3How reprints are prepared

  • 4Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • 5List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

Notes
1 General

  • This is a reprint of the Porirua City Council (Pauatahanui Burial Ground) Act 2007. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the Porirua City Council (Pauatahanui Burial Ground) Act 2007 as at 19 March 2008, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

    Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that have yet to come into force or that contain relevant transitional or savings provisions are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order.

2 Status of reprints

  • Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.

    This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.

3 How reprints are prepared

  • A number of editorial conventions are followed in the preparation of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/legislation/reprints.shtml or Part 8 of the Tables of Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations in Force, and Deemed Regulations in Force.

4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.

    A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.

    In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint:

    • •omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”)

    • •typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point)

    • •layout of provisions, including:

      • •indentation

      • •position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section)

    • •format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks)

    • •format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”)

    • •position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act)

    • •punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions)

    • •Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •case and appearance of letters and words, including:

      • •format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter)

      • •small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters

    • •schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page)

    • •format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chronological).

5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)