Chester Borrows
Local Bill
99—1
Explanatory note
Preamble
1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Act binds the Crown
4 Purpose of Act
5 Interpretation
Vesting and purposes
6 Land freed from endowment
7 Land vested in Council
8 Land to be held for certain purposes
9 Income derived from land to be held for certain purposes
10 Purposes for which land and income derived from land held or applied
Leases
11 Leases
Dealing with land
12 Dealing with land
Encumbrances
13 Encumbrances
Miscellaneous
14 Memorandum of Understanding
15 Powers of Registrar-General of Land
16 Power to amend Schedule 1
17 No compensation
18 Repeals and consequential amendments
Schedule 1 Description of land
Schedule 2 Description of Community Purpose land
Schedule 3 Description of Port land
Schedule 4 Structures, fixtures, and reclamations
WHEREAS,—
(a) various parcels of land have been vested in the Wanganui District Council (or its predecessors in title) by:
(i) the Wanganui Harbour and River Conservators Board Act 1876:
(ii) the Wanganui Harbour Endowment and Borrowing Act 1877:
(iii) the Wanganui Harbour and River Conservators Grant Act 1880:
(iv) the Special Powers and Contracts Act 1881:
(v) the Wanganui Harbour Board Vesting Act 1910:
(vi) the Wanganui Harbour Board Vesting Act 1911:
(vii) the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1915:
(viii) the Wanganui Harbour Board Vesting Act 1917:
(ix) the Local Government (Manawatu-Wanganui Region) Reorganisation Order 1989:
(b) the powers of the Wanganui District Council to deal with those parcels of land have been amended by:
(i) the Wanganui Harbour Board Endowment Sale Act 1892:
(ii) the Local Legislation Act 1941:
(iii) the Local Legislation Act 1947:
(iv) the Wanganui Harbour Board Empowering Act 1972:
(v) the Wanganui Harbour Board Land Development Act 1974:
(vi) the Wanganui Harbour Act 1988:
(c) the purposes for which the land is held, and the income derived from the land is to be applied, are unclear, unduly restrictive, or obsolete:
(d) it is desired to—
(i) confirm that the land continues to be vested in the Wanganui District Council:
(ii) clarify and redefine the purposes for which the land is held by the Wanganui District Council:
(iii) clarify, redefine and extend the purposes for which proceeds or income derived from the land can be held and/or applied:
(iv) empower the Wanganui District Council to apply or borrow against the capital or income arising from the land to meet the needs of the whole community:
(v) empower the Wanganui District Council to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the land:
(vi) define the purpose for which the proceeds from the sale or other disposition of land may be used:
(vii) terminate the River City Port Limited lease:
(viii) recognise existing leases of the land:
The Parliament of New Zealand therefore enacts as follows: