This Act may be cited as the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1958.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Counties Act 1956, or any other Act or rule of law, the Council may, as at the first day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, open a Reserves Account and there shall be payable into that account from that date all money from time to time derived by the Council from the administration of any public reserve (not being a domain) vested in or under the control and management of the Council as provided by section thirty-one of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953.

(2) Where, in the opinion of the Council, the money in the Reserves Account for the time being is more than is reasonably necessary to enable the Council to carry out its functions in accordance with the provisions of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Council may transfer from the Reserves Account to its General Account such money as the Council in its sole discretion thinks fit.

(1) The land described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be vested in Her Majesty as a public domain subject to the provisions of Part 3 of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 and to form part of the Rakaunui Domain under the control of the Rakaunui Domain Board but otherwise freed and discharged from any trusts or restrictions heretofore affecting the said land.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Wellington Land Registration District is hereby authorised and directed to cancel the certificate of title for the said land 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 particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Wellington Land District, being Sections 13 and 14, Rakaunui Village, situated in Block I, Owahanga Survey District, containing two roods, more or less, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 97, folio 108, Wellington Registry.

(1) The land described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be no longer under the control of the Clifton Literary and Scientific Institute and to be no longer vested in the said registered proprietors, and the said land is hereby vested in Her Majesty as a public utility reserve subject to the provisions of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 to be held until such time as a public meeting of the Clifton residents request its return for such use as they may wish.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Nelson is hereby authorised 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.

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

All that area in the Nelson Land District, Golden Bay County, containing by admeasurement fourteen perches and seven-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of Section 63, Town of Clifton, situated in Block VII, Waitapu Survey District, and being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 72, folio 46, Nelson Registry.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the land described in subsection three of this section is hereby declared to be no longer vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Patangata for a cemetery reserve and the said land is hereby vested in Her Majesty the Queen as Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948, freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Hawke's Bay is hereby authorised 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.

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

All that area in the Hawke's Bay Land District, Patangata County, being Town Sections 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, and 71, Porangahau, situated in Block XII, Porangahau Survey District, containing two acres one rood, more or less, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 56, folio 45, Hawke's Bay Registry.

(1) The land firstly described in subsection four of this section together with the building and other improvements thereon and funds accumulated in respect thereof are hereby declared to be no longer under the control of the Campbell Trust and to be no longer vested in the trustees of Riwaka School, and the said land, building, improvements, and accumulated funds are hereby vested in Her Majesty the Queen freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same but subject to the provisions of subsection three of this section.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Nelson is hereby authorised 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.

(3) The land firstly and secondly described in subsection four of this section is hereby declared to be a public domain to be known as the Riwaka Memorial Domain, subject to the provisions of Part 3 of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 and the building, improvements, and accumulated funds are declared to be and to form part of the assets of the Riwaka Memorial Domain Board.

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

Firstly, all that area in the Nelson Land District being Section 281, formerly part Section 52, District of Riwaka, situated in Block X, Kaiteriteri Survey District, containing three acres and twenty-three perches and eight-tenths of a perch, more or less, and being all of the land comprised and described in deeds index, Volume 5, folio 885, Nelson Registry.

Secondly, all that area in the Nelson Land District being Sections 4 and 5, Block X, Kaiteriteri Survey District, containing two roods nine perches and four-tenths of a perch, more or less.

Whereas under an agreement with the Napier Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board) the Napier City Council (in this section referred to as the Council) planned the subdivision, development, and layout for light industrial purposes of part of the Ahuriri Lagoon owned by the Board: And whereas the agreement was made pursuant to the Napier Harbour Board and Napier Borough Enabling Act 1945: And whereas the land concerned was then situated in the Hawke's Bay County and it was agreed that on completion of certain roading works the said land would be included within the boundary of the City of Napier: And whereas the Council proposed to set aside from the subdivisions some six acres as a reserve contribution in terms of the Land Subdivision in Counties Act 1946: And whereas the Marewa and Onekawa Parks vested in the Council and situated within the city boundaries and in close proximity to the subdivided industrial land adequately serve the recreational needs of that and surrounding localities: And whereas, instead of a reserve contribution, the Crown agreed to accept bonds from the Council securing payment of money accruing in respect of the subdivisions and assessed in terms of the Land Subdivision in Counties Act 1946: And whereas the bonds provide that, on production of satisfactory evidence that the Council has either before or after the date of the bond expended on the development of Onekawa Park, or after the eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, expended on the development of Marewa Park, an agreed sum in respect of both parks, then the bond shall be void and of no effect but otherwise shall remain in full force and effect: And whereas there is no statutory authority to give effect to this provision and it is desirable and expedient that provision be made accordingly: Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Subdivision in Counties Act 1946 or in any other Act or rule of law, Her Majesty the Queen and the Council shall be deemed to have and to have had all powers and authority necessary to enter into and execute the said bonds, and the same are hereby confirmed and validated and declared binding in law in all respects and to have full force and effect according to their tenor.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, all the provisions of the Land Subdivision in Counties Act 1946 shall be deemed to apply to the land vested in the Board for harbour purposes without power of sale (being the land described in subsection three of this section) as though that land was held by the Board in fee simple without any restriction as to sale.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Marlborough is hereby authorised and directed to accept such documents for registration, to deposit such plans, 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.

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

All those areas in the Marlborough Land District, Marlborough County, containing by admeasurement five hundred and forty acres, more or less, being that piece of land shown on the public map of Cloudy Bay Survey District as Wairau Harbour Board Endowment in Blocks IV, VIII, and XII, Cloudy Bay Survey District, and also Section 1, Block XVII, Cloudy Bay Survey District, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 17, folio 146, Marlborough Registry: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 25/820, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) The reservations over the lands described in subsection three of this section are hereby revoked and the said lands are hereby vested in the Auckland Centennial Memorial Park Board and shall be held and administered by that Board for the purposes of a scenic park under and subject to the provisions of the Auckland Centennial Memorial Park Act 1941.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorised 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.

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

Firstly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, being Lot 15, DP 21141, being part Allotment 97, Parish of Waitakere, situated in Block III, Waitakere Survey District, containing one acre and six perches, more or less, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 516, folio 12, Auckland Registry: as shown on the plan marked L and S 4/36A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Secondly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, being Lot 4, DP 27625, being part Wekatahi Block, situated in Block III, Waitakere Survey District, containing one acre one rood and thirty perches, more or less, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 642, folio 55, Auckland Registry: as shown on the plan marked L and S 4/36B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Thirdly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, being Lot 7, DP 34474, being part Allotment 97, Parish of Waitakere, situated in Block III, Waitakere Survey District, containing two acres and fifteen perches, more or less, being the balance of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 516, folio 16, Auckland Registry: as shown on the plan marked L and S 4/36C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Fourthly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, being Lot 14, DP 21141, being part Allotment 97, Parish of Waitakere, situated in Block III, Waitakere Survey District, containing fourteen acres two roods six perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 516, folio 12, Auckland Registry: as shown on the plan marked L and S 4/36D, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Fifthly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District, being Lot 272, DP 24221, being part Allotment 27, Parish of Waikomiti, situated in Block VI, Titirangi Survey District, containing seventeen acres two roods and twenty-five perches, more or less, being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 490, folio 29, Auckland Registry: as shown on the plan marked L and S 4/36E, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Whereas by section one hundred and four of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1917, the Governor-General was authorised and empowered to cancel the lease issued to the Colonial Ammunition Company Limited (in this section referred to as the Company) under the powers conferred by section five of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1907: And whereas the said section one hundred and four further provided for the issue of a new lease to the Company on the same terms and conditions but over an increased area: And whereas a new lease was duly granted to the Company: And whereas it was subsequently agreed that the Company would exchange part of the land included in the new lease for other land and would also grant to the Crown access and quarrying rights over portion of the leased land: And whereas, in terms of this agreement, the Deed of Lease has been cancelled and a new Deed of Lease dated the twenty-second day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, issued incorporating the terms and conditions of the cancelled lease and other additional conditions to give effect, where necessary, to the said agreement: And whereas a copy of the said lease has been deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, as Auckland Deed No 5439: And whereas it is expedient that the said lease should be authorised and validated: Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, Her Majesty the Queen and the Company shall be deemed to have had all powers and authority necessary to enter into and execute the said Deed of Lease dated the twenty-second day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and deposited as aforesaid, and the same is hereby confirmed and validated and declared binding in all respects and shall have full force and effect according to its tenor.

(1) The said section is hereby amended by omitting from the preamble the words “and in the area of Crown land adjacent to Coromandel Township known as the Kauri Block”, and substituting the words “and in other areas of land in Blocks I, II, V, and VI, Coromandel Survey District”.

(2) The said section is hereby further amended by repealing subsection four, and substituting the following subsection:

(3) The said section is hereby further amended by adding after subsection four (as substituted by subsection two of this section) the following subsections:

(1) Public Trust may accept a surrender of the said lease at such consideration and on such terms and conditions as are approved by the Minister of Education, and for any such purpose may resort, whether by way of realisation, mortgage, charge, or otherwise, to the reserve created pursuant to subsection three of section sixteen of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1940 or any part of the said reserve in order to pay the amount of any such consideration or part thereof.

(2) Public Trust, may, with the prior approval of the Minister of Education, raise such sum as Public Trust considers necessary for payment of any portion of the consideration payable in respect of the surrender of the said lease, and may with the like approval raise and expend such sums as Public Trust considers necessary from time to time to enable such improvements and development work to be carried out in connection with the land described in Schedule 1 to the Auckland Education Reserves Act 1912 as Public Trust thinks fit.

(3) Any sum raised under subsection two of this section may be raised either—

• (a) By being advanced out of the Common Fund of the Public Trust Office, pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-nine of the Public Trust Office Act 1957; or

• (b) By being borrowed by Public Trust on the security of the said land or any part thereof, and Public Trust may execute such mortgage or other document as may be required by the lender and enter into such covenants and agreements as may be agreed upon between the lender and Public Trust.

(4) Any sum so raised may be repaid by such instalments as Public Trust from time to time thinks fit out of the income arising from the said land.

(5) For the purpose of securing payment of any sum so raised, whether under subsection (3)(a) or (b), the lender has the power of sale in clause 13 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Property Law Act 2007.

(6) Despite subsection (5),—

• (a) a notice under sections 119 and 120 of the Property Law Act 2007 is not required if the advance is under subsection (3)(a):

• (b) the period of notice required by sections 119 and 120 of the Property Law Act 2007 may be modified or extended by agreement between Public Trust and the lender if the advance is under subsection (3)(b).

(1) The reservation for the purposes of section three hundred and five of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 of the land firstly described in subsection four of this section is hereby cancelled and the said land is hereby declared to be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Christchurch in pursuance of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, for the purpose of the Champion Street Pensioners' Cottages but otherwise freed and discharged from all trusts, restrictions, and reservations heretofore affecting the same.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 or any other Act or rule of law, the land secondly described in subsection four of this section may be disposed of by the Council on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit and the purchase money from any such sale shall be applied for the purchase of land for pensioners' cottages or in reduction of the Champion Street Pensioners' Cottages Loan liability.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Canterbury is hereby authorised 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 particularly described as follows:

Firstly, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, City of Christchurch, being Lot 59, DP 1630, and being part Rural Section 287, situated in Block XI, Christchurch Survey District, containing one rood thirty-six perches and five-tenths of a perch, more or less, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 209, folio 167, Canterbury Registry.

Secondly, all that area in the Canterbury Land District, City of Christchurch, being Lot 1, DP 19398, and being part Rural Section 287, situated in Block XI, Christchurch Survey District, containing twenty-four perches, more or less, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 209, folio 167, Canterbury Registry.

(1) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, from time to time declare that the said lands and the said roads (legal or otherwise), or any portion thereof to which this section relates, shall, as from a date to be specified in that behalf in any such Proclamation, be deemed to be vested in Her Majesty as Crown land subject to the provisions of the Land Act 1948, and every such Proclamation shall have effect according to its tenor.

(2) Any roads or portions of roads (legal or otherwise), the subject of any Proclamation under subsection one of this section shall, on the issue of the Proclamation, be deemed to be closed, freed and discharged from all rights of the public thereover as a public highway, as from the date specified in the Proclamation.

(3) Before exercising any of the powers conferred on him by this section, the Governor-General shall cause not less than three months' notice of his intention so to do to be given in the Gazette and in such newspaper or newspapers as he thinks fit.

(4) If at any time within five years after the date specified in any Proclamation issued under this section the registered proprietor or licensee or any other person having any estate or interest in any land to which the Proclamation relates adduces satisfactory evidence of title to or interest in that land, he shall be entitled to claim compensation for his interest therein. The amount of compensation shall in every case be determined by the Land Settlement Board, and on any such determination shall, without further appropriation than this section, be paid out of the Land Settlement Account established under the provisions of the Land Act 1948:

Provided that in no case shall the amount of compensation awarded under this section exceed the unimproved value, as determined by the said Board, of the land as at the date specified in the Proclamation affecting the same, together with the value as at that date and as determined by the said Board of any improvements then existing on the land and effected by the claimant or at his expense.

(5) This section applies to all land laid off as roads or streets whether or not the same have been legalised, and to all land in respect of which residence site or business site or special claim licences under the Mining Act 1926, or Crown grants, have heretofore been issued.

(6) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Westland and the District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Southland and the appropriate Mining Registrars are hereby authorised and directed to make such entries in the register books or other records 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 more particularly described as follows:

• (a) All those areas in the Westland Land District, Westland County, being—

  Firstly, Rural Section 2012, Block XV, Waimea Survey District, containing ten acres two roods, more or less, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 6, folio 194, Westland Registry.

  Secondly, Rural Section 1457, Block XV, Waimea Survey District, containing five acres one rood and thirty-six perches, more or less, being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 3, folio 889, Westland Registry.

  Thirdly, Rural Section 1579, Block XV, Waimea Survey District, containing eleven acres and six perches, more or less, being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 5, folio 1481, Westland Registry.

  Fourthly, Rural Section 1456, Block XV, Waimea Survey District, containing five acres one rood and thirty perches, more or less, being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 3, folio 892, Westland Registry.

  Fifthly, Reserve 243, Block XV, Waimea Survey District, containing two acres, more or less, being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 29, folio 71 (limited), Westland Registry.

  Sixthly, Reserve 192, Block XV, Waimea Survey District, containing one acre, more or less, being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 29, folio 68 (limited), Westland Registry.

  Seventhly, Reserve 419, Town of Goldsborough, Block XV, Waimea Survey District, containing twenty-five acres, more or less.

  As the same are more particularly shown on the plan marked L and S 10/98/90, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red:

• (b) All that area in the Southland Land District, Fiord County, containing twenty-one acres, more or less, being all that part of the Town of Cromarty situated in Block VI, Preservation Survey District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L and S 4/300M, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged blue.

(1) The vesting of the land described in subsection two of this section in the Corporation of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Whakatane for tree planting purposes is hereby revoked and the said land is hereby vested in Her Majesty as Crown land available for disposal under the Land Act 1948, freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same.

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

All that area in the South Auckland Land District, Whakatane County, being part of Section 3, Block VI, Rangitaiki Upper Survey District, containing two hundred acres and seven perches, more or less: as shown on the plan marked L and S 9/1425, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red (SO Plan 39316).

(1) The land described in subsection three of this section is hereby vested in the University as a reserve for an endowment for the University and is hereby declared to be subject to the provisions of the Otago University Reserves Vesting Act 1893 and the Otago University Reserves Act 1904.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Otago Land Registration District shall deposit such plans, accept such documents for registration, and do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section and shall, on application of the University, issue a certificate of title for the said land.

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

All that area in the Otago Land District being Section 1, Block XVI, Benmore Survey District, containing ten acres, more or less (SO Plans 255 and 3341).

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Hospitals Act 1957, or in any other Act or rule of law, the Board is hereby authorised and empowered to transfer the land described in subsection four of this section to the University of Otago without consideration.

(2) On the registration of a transfer pursuant to subsection one of this section, the said land shall vest in trust in the University of Otago for the purposes of the University as part of the site of the University but otherwise freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the said land.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Otago is hereby authorised and directed to accept such documents for registration, to deposit such plans, to make such entries in the register book, 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 particularly described as follows:

All that area in the Otago Land District, City of Dunedin, being part of Section 51, Block IX, North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District, containing by admeasurement three acres and two roods, more or less, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 236, folio 184, Otago Registry: as shown on the plan marked L and S 6/8/102A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red (SO Plan 6046).

(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 being part Allotment 26, Whakapaku Parish, situated in Block II, Whangaroa Survey District, containing fifty-seven acres and one rood, more or less: as shown on the plan marked L and S 36/2169, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red (SO Plan 40639).

Secondly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District being Section 20, Block VII, Hokianga Survey District, containing six hundred and thirty-seven acres, more or less: as shown on the plan marked L and S 22/1450/457, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red (SO Plan 13933).

Thirdly, all that area in the North Auckland Land District being part of the land set apart as permanent State forest by Proclamation dated the thirty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and published in the Gazette of the tenth day of November of that year at page 1491, and being also part of the land known as Allotment 317, Waipu Parish, situated in Block V, Waipu Survey District, containing sixty-seven acres, more or less: as shown on the plan marked L and S 10/91/69, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Fourthly, all that area in the South Auckland Land District being part of the land set apart as permanent State forest by Proclamations published in the Gazette dated the third day of October, nineteen hundred and thirty-five, at page 2736, and the Gazette dated the fourth day of October, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, at page 1457, and being also parts Whangamata No 6 Block, part Section 10, Block IV, Ohinemuri Survey District, part Section 1, Block VIII, Ohinemuri Survey District, and Section 1, Block I, Waihi North Survey District, containing two thousand six hundred and sixty-five acres two roods nine perches, more or less: as shown on the plan marked L and S 36/2377, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red (SO Plan 38898).

Fifthly, all that area in the Nelson Land District, being part of Sections 1 and 3, Block VII, Maruia Survey District, containing eighty-seven acres and three roods, more or less: as shown on the plan marked L and S 22/320, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red (SO Plans 8704 and 10027).

Sixthly, all that area in the Southland Land District being part of the land set apart as permanent State forest by Proclamation dated the twenty-fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and published in the Gazette of the fourth day of March of that year at page 253, and being also the land known as Section 443, Block V, Forest Hill Hundred, containing ninety-five acres two roods and twenty-six perches, more or less: as shown on the plan marked L and S 10/113/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red (SO Plan 3921).

Seventhly, all that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement sixty-two acres, more or less, situated in Block VI, Gap Survey District, being that part of State Forest Reserve Number 22 as shown on Survey Office Plan 6525: as the same is also shown on the plan marked L and S 8/10/62A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law, the land described in subsection four of this section is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Manukau subject to the existing liabilities thereover to be held as a reserve for the purposes of a public hall, reading rooms, library, and Plunket rooms for the Clevedon residents subject to the provisions of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 but otherwise freed and discharged from the trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same, and the Council is hereby empowered, out of the County Fund Account or out of money to be borrowed or otherwise available for the purpose, to pay off and discharge the said liabilities.

(2) All furnishings, chattels, and effects pertaining to the present Clevedon public hall, library, and reading room, and all money held in connection therewith, shall be and are hereby vested in the Council and shall be applied by the Council towards or used for the new public hall, library, and reading room, and the trustees or any other persons having the present control and management thereof are hereby authorised and directed to deliver up the same to the Council.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland is hereby authorised and directed 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 particularly described as follows:

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, being part Allotment 9, Parish of Wairoa, situated in Block VII, Wairoa Survey District, containing three roods, more or less, and being all of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 523, folio 178, Auckland Registry (limited as to parcels).

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule of law the said Wellington Deed Number 1719 is hereby declared to be and to have always been deemed to be valid and binding in all respects and of full force and effect according to its tenor and the Council and the Committee shall be deemed to have and to have had all powers and authorities necessary to enter into and execute the said deed and to do all things necessary to enter into and execute the said deed and to do all things requisite for the carrying out of the terms and conditions thereof and to execute the necessary documents to give effect thereto.

(2) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorised and directed to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section and to the provisions of the said Wellington Deed Number 1719.

(1) Section nine of the Wellington City Empowering and Amendment Act 1929 is hereby repealed.

(2) The vesting as aforesaid of the lands firstly, secondly, thirdly, and fourthly described in subsection seven of this section is hereby cancelled and the said lands are hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same.

(3) The vesting as aforesaid of the land fifthly described in subsection seven of this section is hereby cancelled and the land is hereby declared to be vested in the Corporation freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions heretofore affecting the same.

(4) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 or any other Act or rule of law relating to the leasing, letting, or licensing of land, buildings, and installations, the Corporation may lease, or let, or licence all or any part of the lands described in subsections seven and eight of this section or any buildings or parts of buildings or installations or parts thereof erected thereon or to be erected thereon upon such terms and conditions as the Corporation thinks fit.

(5) The provisions of subsection four of this section may at any time be applied by Order in Council, with the consent of the Minister of Lands, to all or any part of any other lands in the vicinity of the Wellington Airport and including any areas reclaimed or to be reclaimed in connection therewith and which may become vested in the Corporation.

(6) The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Wellington is hereby authorised to deposit such plans, to accept such documents for registration, to make all 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 referred to in subsections two and three of this section are particularly described as follows:

Firstly, all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being parts of Section 8, Evans Bay District, and parts of Sections 13, 14, and 15, Watts Peninsula District, parts of the land being also parts of Lots 2, 3, 4 and parts shown as “proposed road” on Deposited Plan No 1808, Lots 5 and 6 and parts of Lots 1 and 4 on Deposited Plan No 2456, Lot 2 and part of Lot 1 on Deposited Plan No 2481, containing one hundred and fifteen acres, approximately, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 428, folio 268, Wellington Registry.

Secondly, all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being parts of Section 8, Evans Bay District, containing two acres one rood and thirty perches, approximately, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 484, folio 245, Wellington Registry.

Thirdly, all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being part of Section 8, Evans Bay District, and being all the land shown coloured pink on a plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington as No 19629, containing four acres three roods ten perches and thirty-nine hundredths of a perch, more or less, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 449, folio 42, Wellington Registry.

Fourthly, all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being part of Section 8, Evans Bay District, and being part of the land shown coloured pink on a plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor for the Wellington Land District as No 19879, containing ten perches, approximately, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 484, folio 226, Wellington Registry.

Fifthly, all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being the street closed by Proclamation 3133, and being the land coloured red, blue, and yellow on a plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor for the Wellington Land District as No 19718, containing two acres one rood two perches and six hundredths of a perch more or less.

(8) The lands vested in the Corporation in fee simple and referred to in subsection four of this section are more particularly described as follows:

Firstly, all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being part of Section 8, Evans Bay District, being Lot 2 on Deposited Plan No 8866, containing one acre one rood thirty-five perches and forty-six hundredths of a perch, more or less, and being also the whole of the land in certificate of title, Volume 488, folio 60, Wellington Registry.

Secondly all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being part Section 13, Watts Peninsula District, containing two acres three perches and fourteen hundredths of a perch, more or less, being all of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 778, folio 26, Wellington Registry.

Thirdly all that area of land in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, being part Section 8, Evans Bay District, containing nine perches and seventy-nine hundredths of a perch, more or less, and being the balance of the land in certificate of title, Volume 272, folio 70, Wellington Registry.

(9) All the said pieces of land described in subsections seven and eight of this section are more particularly shown on a plan marked L and S 6/11/167, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.