New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 17 December 1983
| Private Act | 1983 No 4 |
| Date of assent | 16 December 1983 |
| Commencement | 16 December 1983 |
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.
An Act to enable the New Plymouth High School Board as trustee of the residuary estate of Evelyn Love Dowling, out of a fund established by her Will,—
(a) to continue to benefit pupils and former pupils of the New Plymouth Boys High School, notwithstanding that that School has ceased to be under the jurisdiction of the Board; and
(b) to continue to benefit pupils and former pupils of the New Plymouth Girls High School and of Spotswood College, whether or not that School or College continues to be under the jurisdiction of the Board; and
(c) to benefit pupils and former pupils of any other secondary school that may hereafter come under the jurisdiction of the Board, whether or not it continues to be under that jurisdiction
Whereas Evelyn Love Dowling, late of New Plymouth, (hereinafter referred to as the Deceased) died at New Plymouth on 27 August 1972; and whereas by her Will dated 21 November 1967 (hereinafter referred to as the Will) the Deceased gave and bequeathed her residuary estate to the New Plymouth High School Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) to stand possessed thereof upon trust for the purposes of a Musical Education Trust Fund established by the Will (hereinafter referred to as the Fund); And whereas by the provisions of the Will the Board is directed to provide out of the income of the Fund financial assistance from time to time, for purposes relating to education and training in orchestral music as set out in the Will, to a suitable pupil or pupils attending any school under the jurisdiction of the Board or any former pupil or pupils of any such school under the age of 21 years or (where special circumstances exist) to any pupil or pupils of any primary or intermediate school situated within the City of New Plymouth; And whereas at the date of the Will and at the date of death of the Deceased the schools under the jurisdiction of the Board were the New Plymouth Girls High School, the New Plymouth Boys High School, and Spotswood College; And whereas on 1 July 1977 the New Plymouth Boys High School ceased to be under the jurisdiction of the Board and pupils and former pupils of that School ceased on that date to be eligible to receive financial assistance from the Fund; And whereas it is desirable to accord with the intention of the Deceased expressed in the Will that the pupils and former pupils of the New Plymouth Boys High School should continue to be eligible to receive financial assistance from the Fund and that, if at any time hereafter the New Plymouth Girls High School or Spotswood College should cease to be under the jurisdiction of the Board, pupils and former pupils of that High School or that College, should continue to be eligible to receive financial assistance from the Fund; and that pupils and past pupils of any other school that hereafter comes under the jurisdiction of the Board should be eligible to receive financial assistance from the Fund notwithstanding that the school may subsequently cease to be under the jurisdiction of the Board; And whereas the powers requisite to enable the Board to provide such financial assistance may be obtained only by legislation.
