The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Commissioners of Crown Lands Act 1869.”

Sections four and five and sub-section six of section seven of “The Crown Lands Act 1862” and all provisions in any Act of the Legislature of New Zealand contained relating to the appointment of Commissioners of Crown Lands or Deputy Commissioners of Crown Lands are hereby repealed.

The Governor in Council may in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty by warrant under his hand appoint to and for each Province or County of the Colony aforesaid some fit and proper person to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for such Province or County and also if needful some fit and proper person to be a Deputy Commissioner for such Province or County.

Every such Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor and every such Commissioner shall possess the powers perform the duties and exercise the functions specified in that behalf in “The Crown Lands Act 1862” or in any other Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand now or hereafter to be made and shall also perform and exercise in and for the Province and County for which he shall be appointed all such duties and functions as by any Act or Regulations for the time being in force relating to the sale disposal or management of Crown Lands in such Province or County are required or authorized to be performed or exercised by a Commissioner of Crown Lands or by a Chief Commissioner of any Waste Lands Board constituted for such Province or County by any of the Acts or Regulations aforesaid and every such Deputy Commissioner shall when and so long as specially authorized from time to time by the Governor to act possess all such powers and exercise such functions as are hereinbefore given to a Commissioner of Crown Lands.

All persons holding the office of Commissioner of Crown Lands at the time of the passing of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Act.

Every Commissioner of Crown Lands appointed under this Act shall be ex officio a Member and Chairman of any Waste Lands Board constituted for the Province or County for which such Commissioner has been appointed.

No person holding the office of Commissioner or Secretary of Crown Lands shall hereafter be eligible to be elected or appointed as a Member of the General Assembly or any Provincial or County Council or as Superintendent of any Province.

The salaries of Commissioners of Crown Lands appointed under this Act shall be determined by appropriation of the General Assembly and shall be paid out of the Land Fund of the Province or County for which such Commissioners have been appointed respectively and shall be paid by the Colonial Treasurer Provided that until such appropriation as aforesaid has been made the present salaries payable to the said Commissioners shall continue to be paid and shall be charged to the Province or County for which they have been respectively appointed.

Except as to section seven of this Act this Act shall not come into operation until the first of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy.