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Nelson Railway Authorisation Act 1960

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Short Title

Authorising railway

Schedule Railway Authorised

Nelson Railway Authorisation Act 1960

Public Act		1960 No 3
Date of assent		29 July 1960

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Authorising railway
	Schedule Railway Authorised

An Act to authorise the construction of the Nelson-South Island Main Trunk 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 Nelson Railway Authorisation Act 1960.

2 Authorising railway

(1)

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

(2)

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

(3)

This Act shall be deemed to be a special Act (authorising the construction of that railway to the extent specified in the Schedule to this Act) 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 Railway Authorised

Name of Railway	Extent Authorised
Nelson - South Island Main Trunk	A line from Nelson via Pelorus Bridge and Havelock to a junction with the South Island Main Trunk Railway in the vicinity of Grovetown. Length about 65 miles.

Nelson Railway Authorisation Act 1960