Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill 237-2 (2007), Government Bill

Bill by clause

13 Background
  • (1) Section 2 of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1957 vested the Octagon land in the Corporation of the City of Dunedin (now Dunedin City Council) in trust as a reserve for a site for a public garden subject to—

    • (a) the Reserves and Domains Act 1953; and

    • (b) the condition that no buildings or erections other than those existing on the land as at 24 October 1957 be placed on the land (that date being the commencement date of the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1957).

    (2) Dunedin City Council wishes to remove the restriction on the erection of structures on the Octagon land.