The Short Title of this Act is “The Education Districts Act, 1882.”

Where the boundaries of any county comprised in an Education District are altered by the creation of a new county, then, and in any such case, if the new county and the remaining part or parts of the county or counties from which it has been severed,—

Are all comprised within the same Educational District, then such new county shall be, and be deemed to be, as and from the date of its constitution, included within and form part of the district wherein are comprised the county or counties from which it has been severed:

Are partly in one district and partly in another, or others, then the Governor, by Order in Council, may redefine any of such last-mentioned districts, and may declare in which of such districts shall be comprised the new county or any part thereof.

The County of Hawera is hereby declared to be, and shall be deemed to have been, as and from the date of the constitution thereof, comprised within the Education District of Wanganui.

The Education Board of the District of Wanganui, and every member of such Board, and all other persons whomsoever acting under the powers and authorities of “The Education Act, 1877,” are hereby, each and every of them, indemnified, freed, and discharged from and against all penalties whatsoever (if any) incurred by them, or any or either of them, for or by reason of any act, matter, or thing done, made, or authorized by them, or any or either of them, under the powers aforesaid, within that part of the Education District of Wanganui now forming the County of Hawera, from and since the date of the constitution of the said county.

In case any action, suit, or prosecution of any nature whatsoever shall be brought against them, or any or either of them respectively, for or on account of any penalty whatsoever incurred, or to be incurred, for or by reason of any infringement of the aforesaid Act, they or he may plead the general issue, and upon their defence give this Act and the special matter in evidence upon any trial to be had thereupon.

In any case where a borough or town district shall be intersected by the boundary of any education district now or hereafter constituted, the Governor may by Order in Council direct that such borough or town district shall form part of such education district as he may think fit.

The several education districts constituted under “The Education Act, 1877,” and intended to be described in the Second Schedule thereto shall, as from the date when the said Act came into operation, be deemed to have included and shall hereafter include in their boundaries all boroughs within the territorial area comprised in the description of the several counties mentioned in the said Schedule, although such boroughs do not actually form part of such counties.

And every act, deed, instrument, matter, or thing whatsoever heretofore done or made in respect of or in relation to every such district shall be and be deemed to have been valid and effectual to all intents and purposes so far as such validity may depend on the description of the said several districts.