| Private Act | 1882 No 3 |
| Date of assent | 13 September 1882 |
An Act to empower the Ashburton County Council to make Bylaws for the Protection and Administration of certain Water-works in the County of Ashburton.
WHEREAS the Ashburton County Council has, by virtue of the powers vested in it in that behalf, constructed a system of waterworks within the County of Ashburton for the purpose of supplying the ratepayers and residents of the said county with water for domestic, agricultural, and pastoral purposes, and the said Council may hereafter extend the said system: And whereas it is expedient to confer upon the said Council power to make by-laws for protecting the said waterworks against trespassers, and securing the proper administration thereof:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—