On application being made in writing to the Board by any ratepayer, the Board may in any year, with the approval of the Minister given on the recommendation of the Rabbit Destruction Council, remit the payment of any rates by that ratepayer, either wholly or in part. No such recommendation shall be made by the Council unless it is satisfied that hardship would otherwise be caused to the ratepayer.”

For the purpose of facilitating the acquisition of land by the Board for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection one of the last preceding section, the Governor-General may, on the application of the Board and at its expense in all things, take under the Public Works Act, 1928, any land, or any particular estate or interest in land (whether for the time being subsisting separately or not), or any easement over any land (whether for the time being subsisting or not).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Public Works Act, 1928, the effect of a Proclamation issued for the purposes of this section shall be to vest the land, estate, interest, or easement, as the case may be, in the Board instead of in His Majesty; and all proceedings subsequent to the issue of the Proclamation in respect of compensation, or otherwise for the purpose of complying with the said Act, shall be taken against the Board, which shall be deemed to be the respondent and shall be liable in respect of the taking to the same extent as His Majesty or the Minister of Works would have been liable if the taking had been for the purposes of a Government work.”