WHEREAS since the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine the Crown has been in possession of the land described in Schedule 1 hereto, and has used the same for electric-lighting purposes, and has for those purposes erected certain works and made other improvements on that land: And whereas doubts were subsequently raised as to the title of the Crown to the said land: And whereas by Order in Council dated the nineteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and seven, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-first day of the same month, the said land was declared to be taken under the Public Works Act 1905, for electric-lighting purposes as from the twenty-first day of April, nineteen hundred and seven: And whereas the Court of Appeal has decided that the procedure appropriate for the taking of the said land has not been adopted, and that consequently the said land has not been duly taken under the provisions of the said Act: And whereas the like error may have been made in other cases of the taking of the land of Maori for public works: And whereas it is expedient that all such proceedings should be declared valid and effectual notwithstanding any such erroneous procedure: And whereas the land described in Schedule 2 hereto was on the twenty-fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, taken (along with certain other land) as a road by warrant of the Governor purporting to be issued under section ninety-two of the Public Works Act 1894: And whereas doubts have arisen whether the said land described in Schedule 2 hereto has been validly taken as a road, and it is expedient to validate the taking thereof:
The reference to “Maori”
was substituted, as from 27 November 1947, for a reference to “Natives”
pursuant to section 2(2) Maori Purposes Act 1947 (1947 No 59).