This Act may be cited as the Local Legislation Act 1962.

Whereas, before the Tauranga County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) obtained authority to the raising of a loan of 40,000 pounds to be known as the Depot Development and Plant Loan 1961 (in this section referred to as the loan), the Council expended out of its County Fund Account, for certain purposes for which the loan was to be raised, money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 24,130 pounds 5 shillings and threepence:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to refund the said sum to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan when raised:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised to refund the sum of 24,130 pounds 5 shillings and threepence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan when raised.

Whereas, before the Tauranga County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) obtained authority to raise a loan of 43,000 pounds to be known as the Greerton Development Loan 1962 (in this section referred to as the loan), the Council expended out of its County Fund Account, for certain purposes for which the loan was to be raised, money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 5,744 pounds 3 shillings and fourpence:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to refund the said sum to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan when raised:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised to refund the sum of 5,744 pounds 3 shillings and fourpence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan when raised.

The Otahuhu Borough Council is hereby authorised and empowered to expend out of its General Account during the financial year ending on 31 March 1963, a sum not exceeding 800 pounds for the purpose of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Borough of Otahuhu, and the expenditure by the Council for that purpose of any part of that sum before the passing of this Act is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully incurred.

Whereas the Devonport Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) is registered as proprietor pursuant to the Borough of Devonport Empowering and Endowment Act 1890 of an estate in fee simple in all that parcel of land containing 58 acres, more or less, being that portion of land and foreshore called or known as Cheltenham Beach, Rangitoto Channel, as the same is delineated on Deposited Plan No 1009 and comprised in certificate of title, Volume 63, folio 74, Auckland Registry, subject to certain rights reserved as to water frontage:

And whereas the Council holds the said land as an endowment for the use of the public with power to deal with the same in the manner provided by the Municipal Corporations Act 1954:

And whereas there is erected on part of the said land a building comprising reception rooms and kiosk (which building together with its environs and appurtenances are in this section referred to as the kiosk):

And whereas the Council wishes to lease the kiosk in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 but doubts have arisen as to whether subsection (2) of section 156 of that Act precludes a lease being offered with provisions for the renovation or alteration of the kiosk and its use for private receptions:

And whereas it is expedient that the kiosk be so leased:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The provisions of subsection (2) of section 156 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 shall not apply to any lease of the kiosk from time to time granted by the Council.

Whereas in or about the year 1925 and thereafter certain rights of way commonly known as the Brae and Quarry Road were laid off to serve certain residential sections in the Redcliffs–Moncks Bay area of the County of Heathcote:

And whereas the total width of the said rights of way varies throughout their lengths but at no point exceeds 45 links:

And whereas the said rights of way provide the only practical access to the residential sections aforesaid:

And whereas the said rights of way are now situated within the City of Christchurch and it is desirable, notwithstanding their narrowness that the same be declared a public street:

And whereas the dedication of the said rights of way will sever certain small pieces of land from the main parcels of land of which they at present form part:

And whereas it is desirable that these severed pieces of land be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Christchurch (in this section referred to as the Corporation):

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) All those parcels of land containing together an area of 3 roods 20 perches and two-tenths of a perch, more or less, as the same are shown coloured sepia, orange, and blue on a plan lodged in the Office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch under number 9811, are hereby vested in the Corporation as a public street, freed and discharged from all encumbrances, easements, and other restrictions whatsoever affecting the same at the date of the commencement of this Act.

(2) All those parcels of land containing together an area of 23 perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, as the same are shown coloured and edged sepia, orange, and blue on the aforesaid plan, are hereby vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple freed and discharged from all encumbrances, easements, and other restrictions whatsoever affecting the same at the date of the commencement of this Act with power to dispose of the same in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 150 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954.

(3) The District Land Registrar for the Canterbury Land Registration District is hereby authorised and directed to make such entries in the register books, and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(4) This section and the provisions thereof shall take effect notwithstanding any law or enactment to the contrary.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 60 of the Cemeteries Act 1908, and without complying with section 52 of that Act, the Wellington City Council is hereby authorised and empowered to use for cemetery purposes the land described in subsection (2).

(2) The land to which this section relates is particularly described as follows:

All that piece of land situate in the Land District of Wellington, containing 1 acre 32 perches and nine-tenths of a perch, be the same a little more or less, being part of Section 33, Karori District, and part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 626, folio 83, the said piece of land being delineated on a plan lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, Number 25436, and thereon coloured orange.

Whereas a railway line crosses Gladstone Road in the Borough of Mount Albert and an overbridge (in this section referred to as the overbridge) for vehicular and pedestrian traffic has been erected over the said railway line:

And whereas the said railway line runs under the southern span of the overbridge:

And whereas the land under the northern span of the overbridge can be fully enclosed by the erection of 2 side walls to such northern span:

And whereas the Mount Albert Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) is desirous of erecting such side walls and leasing the area under the said northern span, but doubts have arisen as to its powers to do so:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The Council is hereby empowered to enclose the land under the northern span of the overbridge by the erection of 2 side walls and any necessary internal walls and fittings, and to pay the cost of such work out of its general funds.

(2) The Council is hereby empowered to grant a lease or leases of all or any part or parts of the said land and premises, by private contract or public tender, at such rental or rentals, for such term or terms, with or without rights of renewal, and upon and subject to such covenants and conditions as the Council shall in its discretion think fit, and with power to accept a surrender of any such lease.

(3) All money received by the said Council by way of rent or otherwise under such lease or leases shall be paid into the general funds of the Council.

(4) The said lease or leases may, in the discretion of the Council, provide for the use of the said land and premises for storage, warehouse, commercial, or light industrial purposes.

Whereas by public notice dated 25 October 1962, given pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 41 of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1953, the Returning Officer for the City of Auckland declared the result of the poll taken on 13 October 1962, for the election of 21 members of the Auckland City Council, and named the 21 candidates declared to be elected:

And whereas doubts have since arisen as to the eligibility of 1 candidate so declared to be elected and, as a result, doubts have also arisen as to the validity of the election as a whole:

And whereas it is desirable to remove any possible doubts as to the validity of the election of the other 20 candidates declared to be elected as aforesaid, namely, Frederick Norman Ambler, Eric Cameron Armishaw, Arapeta Awatere, Albert Edward Bailey, Horace George Beechey, Thomas Bloodworth, John Hinds Dale, Winifred Delugar, Frederick Henry Thomson de Malmanche, Alexander James Robert Dreaver, George Frederick Harry Forsyth, Alfred Onslow Glasse, Winifred Maud Horton, Keith Rodney Park, Charles Sylvester Passmore, Alfred Philip Harry Shone, Norman McLeod Speer, Walter Max Tongue, George Russell Tutt, and Harold Edward Watts (in this section referred to as the councillors):

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The councillors shall be deemed to have been duly elected members of the Auckland City Council at the triennial election held on 13 October 1962, and to have come into office on 26 October 1962.

Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

The Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board is hereby authorised and empowered to expend during the financial year ending on 31 March 1963, a sum not exceeding 500 pounds in connection with a ceremony to mark the completion of the first stage of the Manukau Sewage Scheme.

Whereas by Memorandum of Lease bearing date 23 January 1913, the Auckland Harbour Board (in this section referred to as the Board) leased the land therein described to the Auckland City Council (in this section referred to as the Council) for a term expiring on 13 March 1987, for the purpose of salt water swimming baths known as the Shelly Beach Baths:

And whereas those baths were acquired by the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority for the purpose of constructing the Auckland Harbour Bridge:

And whereas the amount of compensation paid for the Board's reversionary interest in the baths under the said lease at the time the same were acquired as aforesaid was the sum of 8,000 pounds:

And whereas the Board is desirous of making the said sum available to the Council to assist the Council in erecting another swimming baths in substitution for the Shelly Beach Baths, but it has no power to do so:

And whereas it is expedient that the Board should be empowered to make the said sum available to the Council for the purpose aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, the Board is hereby empowered to pay the said sum of 8,000 pounds to the Council.

(2) The Council shall hold the money paid to it under subsection (1) in trust to expend the same in and towards the cost of providing public baths and bathing facilities in substitution for the Shelly Beach Baths:

provided that if the Council fails to provide the said new public baths and bathing facilities within a period of 3 years after the date of the commencement of this Act the Council shall refund the said sum to the Board and the Board shall apply the same for its own purposes.

Whereas it was agreed between the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board (in this section referred to as the Board) and the One Tree Hill Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) that the Board should construct a sewer in the Borough of One Tree Hill between Rockfield Road and Fairfax Avenue, and that the Council should contribute the sum of 7,500 pounds towards the cost of its construction:

And whereas if the agreement had not been reached the Board could have constructed the sewer necessary for its purposes at less expense by a more direct route and in such case the Council would have been obliged to construct a sewer of its own at a cost to the Council estimated at 15,000 pounds:

And whereas before the Council obtained authority to raise the first portion of a loan of 390,000 pounds to be known as the Sanitary Sewer Reticulation Loan 1961 (in this section referred to as the loan) the Board constructed the said sewer as agreed upon and the Council paid to the Board the first instalment of the said sum of 7,500 pounds:

And whereas it is desirable that the construction of the said sewer as agreed upon should be included in the work for which the loan was authorised and that the said sum of 7,500 pounds should be paid from the proceeds of the loan:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The construction of the said sewer as provided in the agreement between the Board and the Council shall be deemed to have been included in the work for which the loan was authorised to be raised, and the Council is hereby authorised to pay the sum of 7,500 pounds out of the proceeds of the loan in meeting the Council's share of the cost of the said sewer or in reimbursing any expenditure made by the Council before the date of the commencement of this Act from its District Fund Account pursuant to the said agreement.

Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Whereas the North Canterbury Electric Power Board (in this section referred to as the Board) is the registered proprietor of an estate in fee simple in the land described in subsection (6) (in this section referred to as the said land):

And whereas the said land was purchased by the Board for the general purposes of the Board:

And whereas the said land is situated in the Borough of Rangiora outside the Board's district:

And whereas the Board has erected buildings and dwellings for the use of the Board and its employees on certain portions of the said land:

And whereas it is desirable to validate the actions of the Board in purchasing the said land and in erecting the said buildings and dwellings:

And whereas the Board desires to erect new public offices on part of the said land but has no authority to do so as the said land is not within the Board's district:

And whereas the Board's existing offices and showroom are situated on the land described in subsection (7):

And whereas the Board desires to obtain authority to sell this land by private treaty:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925, the actions of the Board in purchasing the said land and in erecting dwellings and other buildings thereon and in making improvements thereto are hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925, the Board is hereby authorised to provide on the said land—

• (a) public offices and other buildings, together with fittings and furniture for the same, for holding its meetings and transacting its business, and for the use of its officers, and for any other purposes; and

• (b) dwellings for sale or lease to its employees,—

and in relation to the said land and the said offices, buildings, fittings, and furniture and any dwellings erected on the said land, the Board shall have the same powers as it would have had if they were situated within the Board's district and had been provided pursuant to the provisions of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Works Act 1928 or in any other Act, the Board is hereby authorised to sell by private treaty or otherwise and on such terms as it decides the land described in subsection (7).

(4) The Board is hereby authorised and directed—

• (a) to apply the net proceeds of the sale of the land described in subsection (7) towards the cost of providing and maintaining the offices, buildings, fittings, and furniture mentioned in subsection (2):

• (b) to use and apply any money borrowed by the Board under its Electrical Development Loan 1959 for the purpose of erecting a new office building towards the cost of providing the said offices.

(5) The District Land Registrar for the Canterbury Land Registration District is hereby authorised and directed to accept such documents for registration and to do all such other things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.

(6) The land to which subsections (1) and (2) relates is particularly described as follows:

Firstly, all that area of land containing 1 acre 3 roods 8 perches and one-tenth of a perch, more or less, situated in the Borough of Rangiora, and being part Rural Section 386, part of the said land being more particularly described as Lot 1 on Deposited Plan No 11585, and being all the land described in certificate of title, Volume 823, folio 59, Canterbury Registry.

Secondly, all that area of land containing 1 acre 2 roods 22 perches, more or less, situated in the Borough of Rangiora, being part of Rural Section 386, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 382, folio 200, Canterbury Registry, limited as to parcels.

(7) The land to which subsection (3) relates is particularly described as follows:

All that area of land containing 12 perches and six-tenths of a perch, more or less, situated in Block VII, Rangiora Survey District, being Lot 1 on plan No 9177, deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch, part Rural Section 463, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 415, folio 175, Canterbury Registry, subject to transfer 186968 creating easements appurtenant thereto over the parts coloured blue on the plan on the said title.

Whereas the Wellington Acclimatisation Society (in this section referred to as the Society) maintains a Staff Benefit Fund for the purpose of providing retiring or superannuation allowances for its staff:

And whereas the Society desires to make a payment of 500 pounds from the said Staff Benefit Fund to Shona McIntosh Kersey, widow of the late Colonel Arthur Oliver Kersey, who at the time of his death was Secretary of the Society, but has no authority to do so:

And whereas it is expedient that such a payment should be authorised:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Society is hereby authorised and empowered to pay to the said Shona McIntosh Kersey the sum of 500 pounds from the said Fund.

Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).