The Short Title of this Act is “The Kauri gum Industry Amendment Act, 1903”; and it shall form part of and be read together with “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”).

Notwithstanding anything in the principal Act, it is hereby declared that leases under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” and leases or licenses under “The Mining Act, 1898,” may be issued in respect of any kauri-gum reserve, subject to such conditions for the protection of the kauri-gum industry as the Warden, where the land is within a mining district, or the Commissioner of Crown Lands, where it is outside a mining district, thinks fit: Provided that before such lease is granted the local authority of the district in which the land proposed to be leased is situated shall first have been consulted.

The application to take up and occupy land as a residence or business site under paragraph two of section ten of the principal Act shall, where the land so taken up and occupied is within a mining district, be submitted to the Warden, and shall not be granted except with his consent.

No person shall be entitled to receive or hold a license under section two of “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902,” unless at the time of his application for the same he possesses one or more of the qualifications prescribed for a special license by section six of the principal Act.