Reconstitution of New Zealand Dairy Board.

First election and first meeting of reconstituted Board.

Amending provisions as to quorum of Board.

Amending provisions as to exercise of functions of the Board.

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Dairy-produce Amendment Act 1948

Public Act		1948 No 32
Date of assent		12 November 1948

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Reconstitution of New Zealand Dairy Board.
3	Term of office of members.
4	Wards for election of elective members.
5	First election and first meeting of reconstituted Board.
6	Amending provisions as to quorum of Board.
7	Repeals.
8	Amending provisions as to exercise of functions of the Board.
	Schedule Names and Boundaries of Wards

An Act to Amend the Dairy-produce Act, 1923.

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 Dairy-produce Amendment Act, 1948, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Dairy-produce Act, 1923.

2 Reconstitution of New Zealand Dairy Board.

(1)

On the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, the members of the New Zealand Dairy Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) then in office shall go out of office and thereafter the Board shall consist of eight members appointed or elected as follows:—

(a)

One member to be appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture:

(b)

Five members, of whom one shall be elected for each of the wards constituted by section four of this Act by the companies being owners or occupiers of dairy factories situated within the said wards respectively, exclusive of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited:

(c)

Two members to be appointed by the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited.

1934, No. 34

(2)

For the purposes of this section and of section twenty of the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, the term “company” includes any person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not.

3 Term of office of members.

(1)

With respect to the first members of the Board appointed or elected under the last preceding section the following provisions shall apply:—

(a)

They shall come into office on the date of their appointment or election, as the case may be, or on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-nine (whichever date is the later):

(b)

Two members shall retire on the thirtieth day of June in each of the years nineteen hundred and fifty, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and nineteen hundred and fifty-three:

(c)

The Board shall determine by lot the members to retire in any year.

(2)

Except as provided in the last preceding sub section, every member of the Board shall hold office for a term of four years.

(3)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, every member of the Board, unless he sooner vacates his office, shall continue in office until his successor comes into office.

4 Wards for election of elective members.

For the purposes of the election of the elective members of the Board as reconstituted under this Act, New Zealand is hereby divided into five wards having the names and boundaries set out in the Schedule to this Act.

5 First election and first meeting of reconstituted Board.

(1)

The first election of the elective members of the Board as reconstituted under this Act shall be held during the month of June, nineteen hundred and forty-nine.

(2)

The first meeting of the Board as so reconstituted shall be called by the Minister of Agriculture and shall be held on the second Wednesday in July, nineteen hundred and forty-nine.

1934, No. 34

(3)

Section twenty-one of the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, is hereby amended as follows:—

Repeal.

(a)

By repealing subsection one:

(b)

By omitting from subsection two the words “Except as provided in the last preceding subsection”.

6 Amending provisions as to quorum of Board.

1934, No. 34 1936, No. 5

(1)

Section twenty-one of the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, as amended by subsection five of section twenty-eight of the Marketing Act, 1936, is hereby further amended by omitting from subsection four the word “three”, and substituting the word “four”.

(2)

This section shall come into force on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-nine.

7 Repeals.

1934, No. 34 1936, No. 5

(1)

Sections thirteen, fifteen, and eighteen of the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act, 1934, and section twenty-eight of the Marketing Act, 1936, are hereby consequentially repealed.

(2)

This section shall come into force on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-nine.

8 Amending provisions as to exercise of functions of the Board.

Ibid.

(1)

Section twenty-nine of the Marketing Act, 1936, is hereby amended by omitting from subsection two, and also from subsection three, the word “Minister” wherever it occurs, and substituting in each case the words “Minister of Agriculture”.

1939, No. 3

(2)

Section eleven of the Finance Act, 1939, is hereby amended by omitting the words “Minister of Marketing”, and substituting the words “Minister of Agriculture”.

Schedule Names and Boundaries of Wards

Section 4

Name of Ward.	Definition of Boundaries.
Northern Ward	All that portion of the North Auckland Land District lying northwards of the southern boundary of the County of Waitemata.
South Auckland Ward	All that portion of the North Auckland Land District not included in the Northern Ward, the whole of the Auckland Land District (with the exception of that part of the County of Waitomo lying within ten miles from the right bank of the mouth of the Mokau River), the whole of the Gisborne Land District, that part of the County of Wairoa which does not lie within the Gisborne Land District, and the whole of the Counties of Ohura and Kaitieke.
Taranaki Ward	The whole of the Taranaki Land District with the exception of the County of Ohura, together with that portion of the County of Waitomo not included in the South Auckland Ward.
Wellington Ward	The whole of the Wellington Land District (with the exception of the County of Kaitieke and the Chatham Islands), together with the whole of the Hawke’s Bay Land District (with the exception of that part of the County of Wairoa included in that District), the Marlborough Land District, and the Nelson Land District with the exception of the Counties of Buller and Inangahua.
Southern Ward	That portion of the South Island of New Zealand which is not included in the Wellington Ward, together with Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands.

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