Carterton Borough Water-supply Act 1903

Local Act		1903 No 11
Date of assent		20 November 1903

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Powers of the Council of the Borough of Carterton extended.

An Act to extend to the Council of the Borough of Carterton all the Powers, Duties, and Authorities conferred upon a County Council by “The Water-supply Act, 1891,” and the Amendments thereof.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act is “The Carterton Borough Water-supply Act, 1903.”

2 Powers of the Council of the Borough of Carterton extended.

The Council of the Borough of Carterton shall have all the powers, duties, and authorities conferred upon a County Council by “The Water-supply Act, 1891” (hereinafter called “the principal Act”), or any amendment thereof; and for the purpose of this Act the following provisions shall apply:—

(a.)

All references in the principal Act, or any amendment thereof, to a County Council, or the Corporation, Chairman, or district of a county, or to any of the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886,” shall be construed to apply to the Council, Corporation, Mayor, or district of the aforesaid borough, or to the corresponding provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” as the case may require.

(b.)

The powers and authorities by this section conferred upon the Council of the aforesaid borough shall be exercisable in addition to and irrespective of any powers or authorities conferred upon such Council by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” or any other general, local, or special Act.

(c.)

Nothing in this section contained shall operate or be construed to empower the Council of the Borough of Carterton to divert water from any river or stream within the County of Wairarapa South, except with the consent of the County Council, and upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon between the respective Councils of the said borough and the County of Wairarapa South.

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Carterton Borough Water-supply Act 1903