This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1954.

(1) The area of road coloured green on the said plan Number 22538 is hereby declared to be and to have been closed and to have formed part of Section 39, Hutt District, situated in Block IX, Belmont Survey District, as from the first day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.

(2) The areas coloured blue, sepia, and orange on the said plan Number 22538 are hereby declared to have been proclaimed road as from the first day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.

(3) Certificates of title, Volume 57, folio 112, Volume 348, folio 38, Volume 391, folio 72, Volume 507, folio 225, and Volume 517, folio 290, Wellington Registry, are hereby validated and declared to be and to always have been of full force and effect as from the date they were issued.

(4) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed to make such entries in the register books and in the outstanding certificates of title and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(1) The areas of road coloured green on the said plan Number 22910 is hereby declared to be and to have been closed and to have been included in Sections 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17, Block XII, Manganui Survey District, as from the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and eight.

(2) The areas coloured red on the said plan Number 22910 are hereby declared to have been proclaimed road as from the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and eight.

(3) All leases heretofore registered under The Land Transfer Act 1952 of any of the said land, and all registered dealings therewith, and certificates of title, Volume 355, folio 221, Volume 472, folio 57, Volume 500, folio 92, Volume 524, folio 252, and Volume 524, folio 253, Wellington Registry, and Proclamations numbered 621 and 3165, are hereby validated and declared to be and to always have been of full force and effect.

(4) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed to make such entries in the register books, in the outstanding duplicate leases, and in the outstanding certificates of title, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(1) All leases in respect of any parts of the land described in subsection six of this section granted heretofore by the Council, and all rights of way granted or reserved in connection therewith, are hereby declared to be and to have been valid and binding in all respects and of full force and effect according to their tenor.

(2) The registration of all or any of the said leases under The Land Transfer Act 1952 is hereby validated and declared always to be and to have been of full force and effect from the date thereof.

(3) The revenue derived from the said land shall be applied by the said Council for library purposes only.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the Council shall have, in respect of the land described in subsection six of this section, all powers of leasing and other powers set forth in sections one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-eight, one hundred and fifty-nine, and one hundred and sixty-two of The Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

(5) The District Land Registrar for the Otago Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, to register such instruments, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(6) The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Otago Land District and the Borough of Port Chalmers, being—

Firstly, all that area containing by admeasurement one acre, more or less, being Sections 393, 394, and 395 and part Section 396, Town of Port Chalmers, and being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 233, folio 19, Otago Registry, limited as to parcels and limited in part as to title.

Secondly, all that area containing by admeasurement twenty perches, more or less, being Section 405, Town of Port Chalmers.

(1) The area of road coloured green on the said plan Number 23161 is hereby declared to be and to have been closed and to have formed part of Section 36, Hutt District, situated in Block IX, Belmont Survey District, as from the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

(2) The area coloured orange on the said plan Number 23161 is hereby declared to have been proclaimed road as from the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.

(3) Certificates of title, Volume 18, folio 105, Volume 83, folio 150, Volume 233, folio 252, Volume 286, folio 260, Volume 287, folio 116, Volume 373, folio 113, Volume 377, folio 186, Volume 387, folio 21, Volume 491, folio 267, and Volume 497, folio 116, Wellington Registry, are hereby validated and declared to be and to always have been of full force and effect as from the date they were issued.

(4) The District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed to make such entries in the register books, and in the outstanding certificates of title, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

Whereas section one hundred and two of The Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1920 vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Hawera (in this section referred to as the Corporation) certain land as a site for a peace memorial and club house for use by members of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association (Incorporated), now the New Zealand Returned Services' Association (Incorporated): And whereas the said section one hundred and two authorized the Corporation to grant a licence of the said land to the South Taranaki (Hawera) Branch of the said Association, now the South Taranaki Returned Services' Association (Incorporated), and for the affairs of the club to be controlled by a committee of not less than eight members composed of an equal number of members of the said branch of the said Association and of burgesses of the Borough of Hawera upon terms defined in subsection four of the said section: And whereas it is desirable to have the affairs of the club controlled solely by the South Taranaki Returned Services' Association (Incorporated): And whereas the Corporation has agreed to the club's affairs being so controlled, and it is desirable to make provision accordingly: Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Section one hundred and two of The Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1920 is hereby amended by repealing subsection four, and substituting the following subsection:

(1) The lands described in subsection three of this section shall cease to be State forest land within the meaning of The Forests Act 1949, and are hereby vested in the said Corporation for the purposes set out in section four of The Wellington City and Suburban Water Supply Act 1927 [Repealed], as amended by section four of The Wellington City and Suburban Water Supply Amendment Act 1947 [Repealed].

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby empowered and directed, on application being made to him in that behalf, and on payment of the appropriate fees, to issue such certificate of title and to make such entries in the register books, to register such instruments, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(3) The lands to which this section relates are more particularly described as follows:

All those areas in the Wellington Land District, Hutt County, being—

Firstly, Section 2, Block X, Rimutaka Survey District, and Section 3, Block XVII, Belmont Survey District, containing together by admeasurement eighty-nine acres one rood and seventeen perches, more or less (SO Plan 23106).

Secondly, Section 2, Block XVII, Belmont Survey District, containing by admeasurement two hundred and eighty-six acres two roods and thirty-four perches, more or less (SO Plan 23106).

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 22/3404 deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

(1) The setting apart of the lands described in subsection two of this section as permanent State forest is hereby revoked and the said lands are hereby declared to be Crown land subject to The Land Act 1948.

(2) The lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:

Firstly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, Mangonui County, containing by admeasurement one hundred and fifteen acres two roods thirty-five perches and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, being parts of Section 5, Block VI, Mangonui Survey District: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S X/91/39A deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Auckland SO Plan 38525).

Secondly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, Hokianga County, containing by admeasurement seventy-one acres one rood and twenty perches, more or less, being part of Section 1, Block IV, Mangamuka Survey District, and being part of the land proclaimed as permanent State forest by a Proclamation published in the Gazette of the seventeenth day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, at page 471: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 12/22, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Auckland SO Plan 37387).

Thirdly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, Whangarei County, containing by admeasurement forty-one acres three roods and twenty perches, more or less, being parts of Allotment 64, Hikurangi Parish, Block V, Purua Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title Volume 528, folio 164, Auckland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S X/91/46, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Auckland SO Plan 38135).

Fourthly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, Bay of Islands County, containing by admeasurement thirty perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less, being formerly part of Whakanekeneke 1B Block, situated in Block VI, Omapere Survey District, and being all of the land proclaimed as permanent State forest by a Proclamation published in the Gazette of the fourteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and forty-three, at page 1203: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S X/91/7A deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Auckland SO Plan 32777).

Fifthly, all that area in the Southland Land District, Wallace County, containing by admeasurement fifty-four acres two roods and thirty-five perches, more or less, being Section 198 (formerly part of Section 7), Block XII, Waiau Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 135, folio 105, Southland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 36/318 deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Southland SO Plan 6108).

Sixthly, all that area in the Southland Land District, Wallace County, containing by admeasurement four hundred and thirty-one acres two roods and thirty perches, more or less, being Sections 200, 201, and 202 (formerly part of Section 7), Block XII, Waiau Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 135, folio 105, Southland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 36/318A deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Southland SO Plans 6150 and 6173).

Seventhly, all that area in the Southland Land District, Wallace County, containing by admeasurement seven hundred and twenty-four acres and twenty-five perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Section 204R and part of Sections 13, 18, 96, 177, 204, and 277, Block XII, Wairio Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title Volume 158, folio 245, Southland Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S X/101/35 deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (Southland SO Plan 6186).

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the vesting in the Corporation of the lands firstly, secondly, and thirdly described in subsection seven of this section is hereby cancelled.

(2) The lands firstly described in subsection seven of this section are hereby vested in the Corporation for municipal purposes to be held subject to The Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

(3) The lands secondly described in subsection seven of this section are hereby vested in the Corporation in trust for the purposes of public recreation.

(4) The land thirdly described in subsection seven of this section is hereby vested in the Corporation as a site for a bridge.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the validity of any dealing with any part of the said land in accordance with the terms under which it was held prior to the commencement of this Act.

(6) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books, to register such instruments, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(7) The lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:

All those areas in the Otago Land District and in the Borough of Cromwell, being—

Firstly, all those areas containing together by admeasurement eight acres one rood thirty-six perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, and being Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block VIII, and Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, Block XXXIX, and Sections 4 and 13, Block LXVII, and Sections 1 and 2, Block LXIII, and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 14, Block XXXV, and all of Block LXXXVIII, Town of Cromwell, being all the land comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 52, folios 269, 270, 272, 274, and 280, and the balance of the land comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 52, folios 271 and 279, Otago Registry.

Secondly, all those areas containing together by admeasurement thirty-one acres three roods and five perches, more or less, and being all of Block IX, and Section 1, Block XV, Town of Cromwell, being all the land comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 46, folios 34 and 60, Otago Registry.

Thirdly, all that area containing by admeasurement one acre and sixteen perches, more or less, and being Bridge Reserve, Town of Cromwell, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 46, folio 22, Otago Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in The Education Lands Act 1949, or The Public Bodies Leases Act 1969, or any other Act or rule of law, the Board, with the consent of the Minister, may lease the land described in subsection four of this section to the club for such term, at such rental, and subject to such conditions as the Minister may think fit.

(2) Any such lease may confer on the lessee a right of renewal either for a fixed term or in perpetuity as the Minister in his discretion approves.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Canterbury is hereby authorized and empowered to accept such documents for registration, to make such entries in the register books, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(4) The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Waimairi County, being part of Reserve 1579 and part of Rural Section 16034, situated in Block VIII, Christchurch Survey District, containing by admeasurement one hundred and fourteen acres two roods and twenty-seven perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, and being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 608, folio 58, Canterbury Registry.

(1) The land described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be no longer held by the Corporation for an estate in fee simple in trust, without power of sale or lease, for plantation purposes, and is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple as a reserve for county buildings and amenities for the Town of Rakaia subject to The Reserves Act 1977.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Canterbury Land Registration District is hereby authorized and directed to cancel certificate of title, Volume 200, folio 15, Canterbury Registry, as to the said land, and is hereby authorized and directed to issue a new certificate of title for the said land in the name of the Corporation as a reserve for county buildings and amenities for the Town of Rakaia subject to The Reserves Act 1977, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(3) The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, Ashburton County, containing by admeasurement one acre, more or less, being Reserve 1671, situated in the Town of Rakaia, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 200, folio 15, Canterbury Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 41948 deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in The Education Lands Act 1949, or The Public Bodies Leases Act 1969, or in any other Act or rule of law, the Board is hereby authorized to lease to the Union the land described in subsection four of this section, or any part or parts thereof, for such term and under such conditions as to rent and otherwise as the Minister may approve:

Provided that any lease granted under this subsection shall, notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, contain a covenant reserving to the Board and to the staff and pupils of the Whangarei High School the right to use without charge the playing fields and adjoining areas on the leased land on all days from Monday to Friday, inclusive, and on such other days as may be required.

(2) Any lease granted under subsection one of this section may confer on the lessee a right of renewal, either for a term of years or in perpetuity, as the Minister in his discretion may approve.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorized and directed to accept such instruments or other documents for registration, to make such entries in the register books, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(4) The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows:

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, Borough of Whangarei, situated in Block XII, Purua Survey District, and containing by admeasurement eighteen acres three roods and thirty perches, more or less, being part of Allotment 1 of the Parish of Whangarei, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 523, folio 258, Auckland Registry (limited as to parcels and title): as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 13/276/2, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (SO Plan 38483).

(1) The trustees for the time being of the will of the said James Gammack, deceased, may, with the consent of the beneficiaries interested in the lands, and with the approval of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Canterbury Land District, sell the lands described in subsection three of this section and invest the proceeds of any such sales for the benefit of the beneficiaries under the said will.

(2) Subject to the consent of the said beneficiaries, and to the approval of the said Commissioner, any such lands may be sold either in one lot or in several lots, by public auction or by private contract, upon such terms as to payment of purchase money and subject to such stipulations as to title or otherwise as the aforesaid trustees shall think fit with power for the said trustees to buy in any of the said lands or to rescind or vary contracts for sale and to resell without responsibility for loss.

(3) The lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:

All that area situated in Block VIII, Leeston Survey District, containing by admeasurement one acre one rood twenty perches and three-tenths of a perch, more or less, being Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on the plan lodged in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch under Number 17600, being part of Rural Section Number 3043 and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 515, folio 16, Canterbury Registry.

(1) The vesting of the land firstly described in subsection four of this section in the Corporation is hereby cancelled and that land is hereby declared to be vested in Her Majesty the Queen as provisional State forest land under and subject to The Forests Act 1949.

(2) The reservation as provisional State forest land over the land secondly described in subsection four of this section is hereby revoked and that land is hereby vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple in trust as an endowment in aid of the Wanganui City funds.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(4) The land to which this section relates is more particularly described as follows:

All those areas in the Wellington Land District, Wanganui County, being—

Firstly, all that area containing by admeasurement ninety-two acres, more or less, being Lot 1 on the plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 17639, being part of Section 1, Block VI, Mangawhero Survey District, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 43, folio 213, Wellington Registry.

Secondly, all that area containing by admeasurement one hundred and twenty-seven acres three roods and twenty perches, more or less, being Lot 2 on the plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Wellington under Number 17639, and being part of Section 4, Block VI, Mangawhero Survey District.

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection two of this section, the lands described in subsection seven of this section are hereby declared to be no longer vested in the University in trust as endowments for the Otago Museum and the Athenaeum and are hereby declared to be Crown land under and subject to the provisions of The Land Act 1948 subject to all leases, liens, encumbrances, and easements affecting the land but otherwise freed and discharged from all reservations and trusts heretofore affecting the said lands.

(2) In full satisfaction of the interests of the University and the Athenaeum in the lands described in subsection seven of this section, the Minister of Lands is hereby authorized to pay to the University out of the Land Settlement Account, from money appropriated for the acquisition of land and interests therein, the sum of thirty-eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars to be held in trust to apply the income therefrom to and for the maintenance of the Otago Museum, and the said Minister is hereby further authorized to pay to the Athenaeum out of the said Account the sum of four thousand two hundred and eighty dollars to be held in trust to apply the income therefrom to and for the general purposes of the Athenaeum.

(3) The Minister of Lands is also hereby authorized to pay to the University and to the Athenaeum, out of the appropriation referred to in subsection two of this section, interest at the rate of four per cent per annum on the sums referred to in subsection two of this section from the first day of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, to the date of payment of the said sums.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in The Otago Museum Act 1877 or in any other Act or rule of law, all payments heretofore made to the Athenaeum from revenue derived from the said lands are hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made.

(5) Sections three to seven of The Otago Museum Act 1877 are hereby repealed.

(6) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the register books and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(7) The lands to which this section relates are particularly described as follows:

All those areas in the Taieri County, Otago Land District, containing by estimation ten thousand nine hundred and eighty acres, more or less, being Sections 1524R and 1525R, Block VI, Silverpeak Survey District, and Runs 520 and 521 situated in Blocks XI and XII, Nenthorn Survey District, and Block VI, Silverpeak Survey District, together with all roadlines and riverbank reserves intersecting or adjoining Runs 520 and 521 (formerly described as parts of Runs numbered 20 and 77 on the map of the North Eastern Pastoral District, deposited in the Survey Office, Dunedin): as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 22/4955/1 deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red (SO Plan 11767).