The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Bridges and Ferries Act 1868 Amendment Act 1869.”

The Governor may from time to time by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette declare “The Bridges and Ferries Act 1868” hereinafter called “the said Act” to be in operation in any Province or in any District being part of a Province to be defined in such Proclamation and on a day to be fixed in such Proclamation the said Act shall come into operation in such Province or District.

It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council at the time of making any such Proclamation as last aforesaid or at any time thereafter to delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act vested in the Governor and exercisable by him within the Province or District in such Proclamation mentioned except the powers conferred by the second section of the said Act to the Superintendent of the Province in which the said Act shall be so brought into operation or to any other person or persons and such delegation from time to time to alter and revoke.

In any case in which this Act shall be brought into operation in any Province or District within a Province the term New Zealand Gazette in the fourth and ninth sections of the said Act shall so far as relates to such Province be taken to mean the Gazette of such Province.