Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023
Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023
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Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023

Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023
Private Act |
2023 No 1 |
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Date of assent |
20 March 2023 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
Preamble
(1)
The Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society (the Society) owns fee simple interests in the Tomoana Showgrounds:
(2)
The Society wishes to sell its interests in the Tomoana Showgrounds, and any other land it may acquire (the land), without being required to invest the money received from the sale to purchase other land suitable for the purposes of the Society as required by the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908:
(3)
The object of this Act is to remove the restrictions relating to the disposal of the land and to require the Society to apply the money received from the sale of the land towards purposes that are consistent with the objects of the Society:
(4)
This object cannot be achieved without legislation:
The Parliament of New Zealand therefore enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Part 1 Preliminary provisions
3 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to—
(a)
empower the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society (the Society) to sell its interests in the Tomoana Showgrounds, or any other land it may acquire, without being required to invest the money received from the sale in the purchase of other land suitable for the purposes of the Society; and
(b)
require the Society to apply the money received from the sale of the land towards purposes that are consistent with the objects of the Society.
4 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
land means the land described in the Schedule or any other land acquired by the Society
Society means the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society.
Part 2 Power to sell land
5 Power to sell land
(1)
Despite anything in the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908, the Society may, if the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied, sell the land described in the Schedule, or any other land it may acquire, without having to invest the money received from the sale in the purchase of other land suitable for the purposes of the Society.
(2)
The conditions are that—
(a)
it appears advantageous to the Society to sell the land; and
(b)
at least two-thirds of the members of the Society present at a general meeting of the Society have resolved to do so; and
(c)
not less than 14 days’ notice of the general meeting and the proposal to sell the land has been given to members of the Society.
6 Certain enactments not to apply
The following enactments do not apply and must be treated as never having applied to the Society in relation to the land:
(a)
sections 7 and 8(2) of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908:
(b)
section 3 of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act 1912:
(c)
section 2 of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act 1920.
7 Application of money received from sale
If the land is sold under section 5(1), the Society must apply the money received from the sale towards purposes that are consistent with the objects of the Society.
Schedule Society’s interests in Tomoana Showgrounds
| Record of title | Area (more or less) | Legal description |
| HBC4/350 | 7765 square metres | Lot 20 Deposited Plan 3005 |
| HBM2/162 | 24.185 hectares | Lot 19 Deposited Plan 3005 |
| HBM2/163 | 16.893 hectares | Lot 6 Deposited Plan 3005 |
| HBM3/193 | 2.0448 hectares | Part Lot 18 Deposited Plan 3005 |
Legislative history
21 November 2022 |
Introduction (Bill 181–1) |
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7 December 2022 |
First reading and referral to Governance and Administration Committee |
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15 February 2023 |
Reported from Governance and Administration Committee |
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15 March 2023 |
Second reading, committee of the whole House, third reading |
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20 March 2023 |
Royal assent |
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