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Reprint as at 24 November 2009
| Private Act | 1974 No 3 |
| Date of assent | 19 July 1974 |
Palmerston North Showgrounds Act 1974: repealed, on 24 November 2009, by section 8 of the Palmerston North Showgrounds Act Repeal Act 2009 (2009 No 2 (P)).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
An Act to enable the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association to dispose of certain land in the City of Palmerston North to the Palmerston North City Council for a recreation reserve and to constitute and incorporate the Palmerston North Showgrounds Board of Control for the management and control of the land as a recreation reserve
WHEREAS the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association (hereinafter called the Society) is registered as proprietor of an estate in fee simple in the land described in Schedule 1 hereto which is situated in the City of Palmerston North: And whereas the said land is held by the Society subject to the provisions of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908: And whereas the said land because of its position and existing facilities is of unique value for recreation and sporting purposes to the City of Palmerston North: And whereas it is desired by the Society and by the Palmerston North City Council (hereinafter called the Council) that the said land should be developed and improved and substantial additions made to its facilities for the purposes of recreation in the City of Palmerston North: And whereas the Society is not able to undertake the expenditure required for such development and improvement from its own resources and the Council is able and prepared to undertake such expenditure if the said land is vested in it for the purposes of recreation: And whereas at a special meeting of the Society held at Palmerston North on the 31st day of January 1972, the members there present unanimously approved in principle of the said land being vested in the Council as a showgrounds and recreation reserve: And whereas (subject to the authority of this Act) the Society and the Council have entered into the deed of agreement providing for the said land to be taken by Proclamation and vested in the Council for the purposes of recreation and providing inter alia for appropriate payment of compensation money to the Society and disposal and investment of the compensation money, and further providing for the continuing use of the said land for the purposes of the Society as showgrounds on a number of days in each year: And whereas the requisite authority empowering the Society is attainable only by legislation: And whereas it is desired to constitute and incorporate a statutory body to manage and control the said land:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
