This Act may be cited as the Waimate West County Act, 1908.

The Waimate Road District is hereby abolished, and in lieu thereof the Waimate West County is hereby constituted, and shall comprise the Waimate Road District, the area and boundaries of which are more particularly described in the First Schedule hereto. The boundaries of the Hawera County are hereby altered accordingly, and shall be as described in the Second Schedule hereto.

The said Waimate Road District shall be deemed to be merged in the Waimate West County hereby constituted.

From and after the coming into operation of this Act, and during the existence of the county hereby constituted, no local body or authority other than the County Council shall, within the limits of the said county, be created or exercise any jurisdiction or authority over any roads or over or in relation to any matter or thing in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred upon a County Council under the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908, or otherwise:

Provided that nothing herein shall affect the power of the Governor to proclaim any portion of the said county a borough or town district.

So long as the Township of Opunake remains unconnected by a line of railway open for traffic with the present line of railways between New Plymouth and Wellington the Waimate West County Council shall, during the month of October in every year, pay to the Eltham County Council the sum of one hundred pounds.

The said sum shall be expended by the Eltham County Council in maintaining in repair that part of the Eltham Road which is within the Kaponga Riding of the Eltham County.

If the Waimate West County Council makes default in any such payment, the amount thereof may be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction as a debt.