New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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Reprint as at 1 April 2008
| Private Act | 1992 No 1 |
| Date of assent | 23 March 1992 |
| Commencement | 23 March 1992 |
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An Act to discharge the Southland Flood Relief Committee from the administration of certain moneys held in trust for the charitable purpose of providing relief or assistance to persons suffering financial hardship due to loss or damage from floods occurring in Southland in January 1984, and to appoint trustees to administer the unexpended balance of the fund for the relief of those persons who have suffered financial hardship due to loss or damage from any subsequent flooding, or other natural disaster
Whereas—
(a) extensive flooding occurred in Southland in January 1984:
(b) the Government appointed a committee to administer funds provided for the relief of persons suffering financial hardship due to loss or damage as a result of that flooding:
(c) subscriptions to the fund were made by organisations and individuals throughout New Zealand, and a portion of the fund was subsidised by the Government:
(d) payments have been made from the fund for the prescribed purpose:
(e) the accounts for the fund have been audited by the Controller and Auditor-General:
(f) there is an unexpended balance remaining in the fund:
(g) properties in the City of Invercargill and in urban and rural parts of the district of Southland suffered severe flood damage subsequent to January 1984, and those persons whose property has been subjected to such recurring floods have suffered additional hardship:
(h) there are no claims outstanding from the January 1984 floods, and it is therefore inexpedient for the committee to limit payments made from the fund to those cases relating to the January 1984 floods:
(i) the committee wishes to disburse the balance of the fund for the relief of persons who have suffered recurrence of flooding, or other natural disaster, subsequent to January 1984:
(j) it is desirable for this purpose to release the committee from the administration of the fund, and to vest its administration in the trustees hereinafter named:
(k) owing to the difficulty in identifying the very large number of contributors throughout New Zealand and the impracticality of calling a meeting of such contributors, the objects of this Act cannot be achieved readily otherwise than by legislation.
