This Act may be cited as the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Amendment Act 1983, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act 1900 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Section 28 of the principal Act (as amended by section 10(b) of the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act Amendment Act 1907) is hereby further amended by omitting the words “a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum”, and substituting the words “a rate per annum to be fixed by the Board from time to time not exceeding that which may be charged pursuant to section 221 of the Local Government Act 1974”.

Section 36(b) of the principal Act (as substituted by section 6 of the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act 1900 Amendment Act 1906) is hereby amended by omitting the words “after the rate of six pounds per centum per annum”, and substituting the words “at a rate per annum to be fixed by the Board from time to time not exceeding that which may be charged pursuant to section 221 of the Local Government Act 1974”.

Section 10(b) of the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act Amendment Act 1907 is hereby consequentially repealed.