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Railways Authorization Act 1936

Public Act		1936 No 38
Date of assent		16 October 1936

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Certain railway authorized.
3	How cost to be defrayed.
4	Act to be deemed a special Act.
	Schedule

An Act to authorize the Construction of a certain Railway.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the Railways Authorization Act, 1936.

2 Certain railway authorized.

The Governor-General may from time to time, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, undertake or enter into contracts for the construction of the railway mentioned in the Schedule hereto to the extent specified in that Schedule.

3 How cost to be defrayed.

The cost of constructing such railway shall be paid out of moneys to be appropriated for that purpose by Parliament.

4 Act to be deemed a special Act.

This Act shall be deemed to be a special Act (authorizing the construction of such railway to the extent specified in the Schedule hereto) within the meaning and for the purposes of the Public Works Act, 1928, which Act, so far as applicable, is hereby incorporated with this Act.

Schedule

Name of Railway.	Extent authorized.
Wellington - New Plymouth (Turakina-Okoia Deviation)
A deviation leaving the existing line near the northern end of the Turakina Railway station yard and running generally to the eastward of the existing line in a northerly and then westerly direction generally to a junction with the existing line at a point approximately miles on the southern side of the Okoia Railway-station. Length, about 12 miles.

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