New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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Reprint as at 14 November 1964
| Private Act | 1964 No 3 |
| Date of assent | 13 November 1964 |
| Commencement | 13 November 1964 |
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.
4 Power to remove headstones, etc
6 Land to be laid out and kept tidy and common memorial to be erected
7 Remains not to be removed nor land used except as closed burial ground
An Act to close the burial ground on the grounds of St John's Anglican Church, Johnsonville, in the City of Wellington; and to empower The Wellington Diocesan Board of Trustees to remove all headstones, monuments, and grave surrounds, to level and plant the ground, and to erect a monument common to all persons interred in the said burial ground
Whereas The Wellington Diocesan Board of Trustees, a body incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, is registered as the proprietor of an estate in fee simple in all that piece of land more particularly hereinafter described: And whereas the said piece of land has been used as a burial ground: And whereas the Trustees have experienced difficulty in keeping the said piece of land and the headstones, monuments, and grave surrounds thereon in a neat and tidy condition: And whereas it is expedient that the said headstones, monuments, and grave surrounds should be removed and the said piece of land levelled and laid out in lawns with ornamental trees and shrubs: And whereas the Trustees have no power without legislation to give effect to their wishes.
