This Act may be cited as the Local Legislation Act 1966.

Whereas, after the Otamatea County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) had been authorised to raise a loan of 20,000 pounds to be known as the Bridge Rate Loan 1961 (in this section referred to as the first loan), but before the first loan had been raised, the Council expended out of its County Fund Account for certain purposes for which the first loan was to be raised money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 5,950 pounds 5 shillings and 7 pence:

And whereas after the first loan had been raised the Council refunded the said sum of 5,950 pounds 5 shillings and 7 pence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the first loan:

And whereas after the Council had been authorised to raise a loan of 10,000 pounds to be known as the Staff Housing Loan 1960 (in this section referred to as the second loan), but before the second loan had been raised, the Council expended out of its County Fund Account for certain purposes for which the second loan was to be raised money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 6,464 pounds 8 shillings and 6 pence:

And whereas after the second loan had been raised the Council refunded the said sum of 6,464 pounds 8 shillings and 6 pence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the second loan:

And whereas, contrary to the provisions of section 30 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, the 2 refunds were made more than 2 years after the said sums had been expended without the prior consent of the Local Authorities Loans Board:

And whereas it is desirable to validate the 2 refunds:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The actions of the Council in refunding the sum of 5,950 pounds 5 shillings and 7 pence and the sum of 6,464 pounds 8 shillings and 6 pence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the first loan and the second loan respectively, more than 2 years after those sums had been expended, without the prior consent of the Local Authorities Loans Board, are hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.

Whereas, before the Whakatane County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) obtained authority to raise a loan of 18,000 pounds to be known as the Taneatua Township Water Supply Loan 1964 (in this section referred to as the first loan), the Council expended out of its County Fund Account for certain purposes for which the first loan was to be raised money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 3,830 pounds:

And whereas when that authority had been obtained and the first loan raised the Council refunded to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the first loan the sum of 3,830 pounds, but had no authority to do so:

And whereas, before the Council obtained authority to raise a loan of 14,000 pounds to be known as the Te Teko Water Supply Loan 1963 (in this section referred to as the second loan), the Council expended out of its County Fund Account for certain purposes for which the second loan was to be raised money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 8,109 pounds 5 shillings and 4 pence:

And whereas when that authority had been obtained and the second loan raised the Council refunded to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the second loan the sum of 8,109 pounds 5 shillings and 4 pence, but had no authority to do so:

And whereas it is desirable to validate the said refunds:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The actions of the Council in refunding the sum of 3,830 pounds and the sum of 8,109 pounds 5 shillings and 4 pence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the first loan and the second loan respectively, are hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.

Whereas, before the Tauranga County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) obtained authority to raise a loan of 6,000 pounds to be known as the Matakana Island Roading Loan 1965 (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 894 pounds 4 shillings and 4 pence:

And whereas authority to raise the loan has since been obtained and it is desirable to authorise the Council to refund the said sum so expended to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised to refund the sum of 894 pounds 4 shillings and 4 pence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan.

Whereas, before the Tauranga County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) obtained authority to raise a loan of 25,000 pounds to be known as the Bridges Loan 1964 (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 1,427 pounds 13 shillings and 3 pence:

And whereas authority to raise the loan has since been obtained and it is desirable to authorise the Council to refund the said sum so expended to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised to refund the sum of 1,427 pounds 13 shillings and 3 pence to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan.

Whereas the Darfield Memorial Hall Society Incorporated (in this section referred to as the Society) owns and operates a community hall at Darfield and is desirous of winding up its affairs and transferring the said hall and all other assets of the Society, after payment of all liabilities, to the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Malvern (in this section referred to as the Corporation) without consideration:

And whereas the Corporation has agreed to accept a transfer to it of the assets of the Society and to hold the hall as a public reserve subject to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 for the benefit of the community of Darfield and surrounding districts and to apply the other assets of the Society transferred for the general purposes of the hall:

And whereas the Society has no authority to make such a transfer:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the transfer of the said assets of the Society to the Corporation as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The Society is hereby authorised upon the passing by it of a resolution to that effect to transfer to the Corporation without consideration the land described in subsection (7) as a site for a public hall together with the buildings erected thereon and all other assets of the Society of any kind whatsoever after payment thereout of all liabilities of the Society and all other costs and expenses.

(2) The said land shall be held by the Corporation as a public reserve subject to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 as a site for a public hall for the benefit of the community of Darfield and its surrounding districts; and all other assets of the Society transferred to the Corporation pursuant to subsection (1) shall be held by the Corporation for the general purposes of the hall for the time being erected on the said land or of any hall which may be erected in its place.

(3) The Corporation shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Society against all claims whatsoever against the Society that may arise at any time after the transfer of the assets of the Society to the Corporation pursuant to subsection (1).

(4) The Corporation and the Society shall, notwithstanding any provisions in the rules of the Society, be under no liability whatsoever to the members of the Society for the payment of any money or the distribution of any of the assets of the Society upon the winding up of the Society.

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

(6) After the transfer of the said land and other assets by the Society to the Corporation and upon receipt of advice from an officer of the Society that the Society is no longer carrying on its operations, the Registrar of Incorporated Societies is hereby authorised to take the necessary steps for the dissolution of the Society.

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

All that piece or parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less, being Section 4, Block IV, Town of Darfield (formerly Lot 4, Block IV, Horndon Township), as the same is more particularly shown on SO Plan 859L deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Christchurch, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 397, folio 102, Canterbury Registry.

Whereas the Vincent County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) on 29 March 1962, by special order made a separate rate (in this section referred to as the said rate) pursuant to the provisions of the Counties Act 1956, to be levied over the Clyde Water Supply Area for the purpose of providing an additional water-storage reservoir for the Clyde water supply:

And whereas the Council has levied the said rate for the years ending 31 March in each of the years 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966:

And whereas it has since been shown to the Council that the proposed undertaking is not in the best interests of the ratepayers of the Clyde Water Supply Area:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to discontinue the levying of the said rate and to utilise the proceeds of the said rate for other works of improvement, augmentation, or extension of the Clyde water supply:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to discontinue the levying of the said rate over the Clyde Water Supply Area on and after 1 April 1966, and to utilise the existing proceeds of the said rate for other works of improvement, augmentation, or extension of the Clyde water supply.

Whereas on 28 October 1964, the Vincent County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) made application to the Local Authorities Loans Board (in this section referred to as the Board) for its sanction to the raising of a loan to be known as the Bridge Renewal Loan 1964 of 10,000 pounds:

And whereas at the time of the said application the Council had expended the sum of 6,398 pounds out of its County Fund Account for certain purposes for which the loan was to be raised:

And whereas on 9 February 1965, the Board sanctioned the raising of a loan of 3,600 pounds being the amount unexpended by the Council on bridge renewal:

And whereas the Council has expended the said sum of 3,600 pounds out of its County Fund Account before obtaining the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council to the raising of the loan of 3,600 pounds:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a special loan not exceeding the sum of 10,000 pounds for the purpose of recouping its County Fund Account in respect of the sums expended from that account as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 an amount not exceeding 10,000 pounds for the purpose of refunding to its County Fund Account the sums expended from that account as aforesaid.

Whereas the Springston Hall Company Limited (in this section referred to as the Company) owns and operates a community hall and is desirous of winding up its affairs and transferring the said hall and all other assets of the Company, after payment of all liabilities, to the Corporation of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Ellesmere (in this section referred to as the Corporation) without consideration:

And whereas the Corporation has agreed to accept the transfer to it of the assets of the Company and to hold the hall for the benefit of the community of Springston and surrounding districts and to apply the other assets of the Company transferred for the general purposes of the hall:

And whereas the Company has no authority to make such a transfer:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the transfer of the said assets of the Company to the Corporation as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The Company is hereby authorised to transfer to the Corporation without consideration the land described in subsection (4) as a site for a public hall and all other assets of the Company of any kind whatsoever after payment thereout of all liabilities of the Company and all other costs and expenses.

(2) The said land shall be held by the Corporation as a site for a public hall for the benefit of the community of Springston and surrounding districts, and all other assets of the Company transferred to the Corporation pursuant to subsection (1) shall be held by the Corporation for the general purpose of the hall erected on the said land.

(3) The Corporation shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Company and the Directors thereof against all claims whatsoever against the Company that may arise at any time after the transfer of the assets of the Company to the Corporation pursuant to subsection (1).

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

All that area of land situated in Block VIII of the Leeston Survey District, containing 3 roods 26 perches, more or less, being part Rural Section 2800, and being the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 364, folio 233, Canterbury Registry (limited as to parcels).

Whereas before the Taranaki County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) obtained authority to raise a loan of 25,000 pounds to be known as the Okato Water Supply Area Loan 1966 (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 667 pounds and 10 pence:

And whereas authority to raise the loan has since been obtained:

And whereas the Council is desirous of refunding to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan the sum of 667 pounds and 10 pence but has no authority to do so:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised to refund to its County Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan the sum of 667 pounds and 10 pence.

Whereas the Rodney County Council (in this section referred to as the Council), before obtaining authority to raise a loan of 25,000 pounds known as the Roads Sealing Loan 1965, expended from its County Fund Account the sum of 10,000 pounds for certain purposes for which the loan was to be used:

And whereas the Local Authorities Loans Board has no authority to sanction the raising by the Council of a special loan for the purpose of refunding to its County Fund Account money previously expended therefrom:

And whereas it is desirable that the Council be empowered to raise a special loan of the said sum of 10,000 pounds for the purpose of refunding that sum to its County Fund Account:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised to borrow, by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, the sum of 10,000 pounds and to refund that sum when raised to its County Fund Account.

Whereas it has been the function of the Hauraki Catchment Board (in this section referred to as the Board) to undertake the control and management of land drainage works in the Pouarua-Patetonga Special Drainage Area (in this section referred to as the Drainage Area) which is wholly within the Hauraki Plains County:

And whereas on 13 October 1961, the Board classified the Drainage Area for drainage rating purposes in accordance with section 102 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 (in this section referred to as the classification) and adopted the acreage system of rating pursuant to section 106B of that Act:

And whereas the classification has continuously been in use since 1 April 1962:

And whereas it is expedient that the control and management of land drainage works in the Drainage Area should become the function of the Hauraki Plains County Council (in this section referred to as the Council):

And whereas the Council has by special order made under section 227 of the Counties Act 1956 declared the Drainage Area to be a drainage district in terms of that section and has assigned to it the name Hauraki Plains Drainage District (in this section referred to as the Drainage District) and fixed 1 September 1965 as the day on which the Drainage District was constituted:

And whereas it is desirable that the Council be empowered to adopt the classification for the purpose of levying drainage rates in the Drainage District:

And whereas the Board holds the sum of 3,794 pounds 14 shillings and 3 pence, being the balance of the unexpended rates and other money at credit for the Drainage Area, and it is desirable that this sum be paid to the Council for the purposes of the Drainage District:

And whereas, pursuant to sections 86 and 95 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941, the Board has directed the Council to make and levy a separate rate in the Drainage Area for the year ending with 31 March 1967, and it is desirable that the proceeds of this rate should be retained by the Council for the purposes of the Drainage District:

And whereas there are certain arrears of rates made and levied by the Council by direction of the Board pursuant to the said sections 86 and 95 remaining uncollected and it is desirable that the Council should collect and retain these uncollected arrears of rates for the purposes of the Drainage District:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, regulation, or rule of law, it shall be lawful—

• (a) for the Council to adopt, by resolution, the classification and the proportions fixed in relation thereto, and to continue to levy the separate rate in the Drainage District on the acreage system of rating for such period as it thinks fit, being a period expiring not later than 31 March 1973:

• (b) for the Board to pay to the Council, and the Council to accept, all unexpended rates and other money amounting to 3,794 pounds 14 shillings and 3 pence for the purposes of the Drainage District:

• (c) for the Council to retain all rates which have been made, levied, and collected, or which may hereafter be collected by it on behalf of the Board, for the purposes of the Drainage District:

• (d) for the Council to assume liability as from 1 April 1966 for all land drainage works in the Drainage District and for all expenditure in connection therewith under Part 16 of the Counties Act 1956.

Whereas the land described in subsection (4) (in this section referred to as the land) is vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Featherston as a reserve for ferry purposes:

And whereas the licensed premises known as the Lake Ferry Hotel (in this section referred to as the hotel) are situated on the land:

And whereas the Featherston County Council (in this section referred to as the Council) is, by virtue of section 32 of the Sale of Liquor Amendment Act 1964, the holder of a provisional hotel premises licence issued under section 304 of the Sale of Liquor Act 1962 in respect of the hotel:

And whereas the Council desires to have vested in it the land and the hotel freed and discharged from the reservation for ferry purposes to enable the Council either to sell the same together with the said provisional hotel premises licence, or to expend such money on the hotel as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Licensing Control Commission before that Commission will grant a hotel premises licence in substitution for the said provisional licence and then to sell the land and the hotel together with any hotel premises licence so granted in substitution:

And whereas, when the reservation for ferry purposes is revoked, the land will become Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948 and it will be necessary for the Council to purchase the land and the hotel before the Council is able to sell the same as aforesaid:

And whereas the Council has no authority to expend money from its County Fund Account for the purpose of such a purchase and it is desirable that it should have such authority:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The Council may expend out of its County Fund Account a sum not exceeding 2,230 pounds in purchasing the land from the Crown, together with such additional sums as may be lawfully incurred for survey and legal costs in respect of the said purchase.

(2) In addition to the sum authorised to be expended by subsection (1), the Council may expend out of its County Fund Account such sums as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Licensing Control Commission that have to be met before that Commission will grant a hotel premises licence in respect of the hotel.

(3) On any sale by the Council of the land and the hotel together with either the said provisional hotel premises licence or any hotel premises licence granted in substitution therefor, the purchase money received in respect of the sale shall be paid into the County Fund Account.

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

All that area in the Wellington Land District situated in Block VIII, Onoke Survey District, containing approximately 1 acre 2 roods, being part Section 96, Turanganui District and part closed road, and being also part Lot 45, Deposited Plan 12843, and being part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 519, folio 198, Wellington Registry; as more particularly shown on the plan marked L and S 6/9/67F deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Whereas in the year 1967 the Alexandra Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) proposes to expend money in respect of the celebration and commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the Borough of Alexandra:

And whereas it is necessary to make special provisions for that purpose:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The actions of the Council in establishing a separate bank account known as the Centennial Fund Account (in this section referred to as the Fund), and in paying into the Fund, during the financial year ended on 31 March 1966, the sum of 100 pounds, are hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.

(2) The Council is hereby authorised to pay into the Fund, during each of the financial years ending on 31 March 1967 and 31 March 1968, a sum not exceeding 100 pounds.

(3) The money in the Fund shall be expended by the Council solely in respect of the celebration and commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the Borough of Alexandra and any sum remaining in the Fund after all such expenditure has been made shall be transferred to the Council's District Fund Account to the credit of the General Account.

Whereas, by Orders in Council made on 21 January 1964 and 15 July 1964, consent was given to the raising by the Thames Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) of loans of 10,000 pounds and 4,500 pounds to be known respectively as the Pensioner Flats Loan 1963 and the Pensioners' Flats Additional Loan 1964 (in this section referred to as the loans) for the purpose of purchasing land and erecting flats for pensioners:

And whereas after expending the amount of the loans the Council expended out of its District Fund Account the sum of 1,345 pounds 13 shillings and 3 pence in completing the work:

And whereas the Local Authorities Loans Board has no authority to sanction the raising of a loan for the purpose of enabling the Council to refund the said 1,345 pounds 13 shillings and 3 pence to its District Fund Account:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a special loan not exceeding 1,345 pounds 13 shillings and 3 pence for the purpose of recouping its District Fund Account as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 an amount not exceeding 1,345 pounds 13 shillings and 3 pence for the purpose of refunding to its District Fund Account the sum expended from that account as aforesaid.

Whereas certain land in the City of Nelson is vested in the Nelson Harbour Board as an endowment:

And whereas the Nelson City Council is desirous of constructing and maintaining an electricity substation on the land:

And whereas it is desired to vest the land in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Nelson (in this section referred to as the Corporation) for that purpose:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The land described in subsection (2) is hereby vested in the Corporation for an estate in fee simple as a site for an electricity substation, freed and discharged from all trusts, reservations, and restrictions affecting the same immediately before the commencement of this Act.

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

All that parcel of land containing one and five-tenths perches, more or less, being Lot 1 on Deposited Plan 6965, being part of Section 1223, City of Nelson and part Nelson Harbour Board Endowment, and being also part of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 2A, folio 782, Nelson Registry.

The expenditure by the Lower Hutt City Council, during the financial year ended on 31 March 1966, of the sum of 1,629 pounds 13 shillings and 1 penny, and, during the financial year ending on 31 March 1967, of the sum of 1,436 pounds 4 shillings and 4 pence, in connection with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the city, is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully incurred.

Whereas on 8 May 1962 the Local Authorities Loans Board sanctioned the raising by the Oamaru Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) of a loan of 25,000 pounds to be known as the Redcastle Reserve Development Loan 1962 (in this section referred to as the loan):

And whereas the Council raised the loan without the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas the Council also raised part of the loan, namely, the sum of 20,000 pounds, after the expiration of the period specified by the Local Authorities Loans Board for the raising of the loan:

And whereas it is desirable that the actions of the Council be validated:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, the actions of the Council in raising the loan without the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council and in raising part of the loan, namely, the sum of 20,000 pounds, after the expiration of the period specified by the Local Authorities Loans Board for the raising of the loan are hereby validated and declared to have been lawful, and all debentures and stock issued in respect thereof shall be deemed to have been lawfully issued and shall have full force and effect according to their tenor.

Whereas pursuant to the powers in that behalf conferred on it by the Invercargill City Fire and Accident Insurance Fund Empowering Act 1930 the Invercargill City Council (in this section referred to as the Council) established a Fire and Accident Insurance Fund (in this section referred to as the said Fund) and has from time to time paid money into the said Fund for the purposes of the said Fund:

And whereas the need for the said Fund no longer exists and it is expedient that provision be made for the disposal of all sums of money now standing to the credit of the said Fund:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The following enactments are hereby repealed:

• (a) the Invercargill City Fire and Accident Insurance Fund Empowering Act 1930:

• (b) the Invercargill City Fire and Accident Insurance Fund Empowering Amendment Act 1952.

(2) The Council shall pay into its Civic Administration Building Fund Account all money held by it in the said Fund at the passing of this Act, and shall apply the same in or towards the erection of a civic administration building for the purposes of the Council.

Whereas the Corporation of the City of Invercargill (in this section referred to as the Corporation) was formerly seised of an estate in fee simple in the land described in subsection (3) in trust as an endowment for the improvement and benefit of the City of Invercargill:

And whereas the said land being no longer required for the purposes for which it had been acquired the Corporation, by memorandum of transfer bearing date 13 September 1963, sold and transferred the said land to Geoffrey Hemmingsen and Vera Hemmingsen and paid the proceeds of the sale into its Civic Administration Building Fund Account:

And whereas the Corporation had no power to sell the said land except with the prior consent of the Minister of Internal Affairs pursuant to section 150(4) of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, which consent the Corporation did not obtain:

And whereas it is desirable that the actions of the Corporation be validated:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The action of the Corporation in selling the land described in subsection (3) shall be deemed to have been lawful, and the memorandum of transfer executed by the Corporation giving effect to the sale shall be deemed to have been lawfully executed and shall have full force and effect according to its tenor.

(2) The action of the Corporation in paying the proceeds of the sale into its Civic Administration Building Fund Account is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.

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

All that piece of land situated in the City of Invercargill containing 1 rood, more or less, being Section 20, Block XL, on the Public Map of the Town of Invercargill, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 32, folio 203, Southland Registry.

Whereas the Taradale Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) is proceeding to raise a loan of 14,600 pounds to be known as the Town Planning Loan No 1, 1966 (in this section referred to as the loan):

And whereas the Council has expended out of its District Fund Account for certain purposes for which the loan is to be raised money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 2,400 pounds:

And whereas the Local Authorities Loans Board has no authority to sanction the raising of a loan for the purpose of enabling the Council to refund the said sum of 2,400 pounds to its District Fund Account:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a special loan not exceeding 2,400 pounds for the purposes of recouping its District Fund Account as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 an amount not exceeding 2,400 pounds for the purpose of refunding to its District Fund Account the sum expended from the account as aforesaid.

Whereas by an agreement dated 25 May 1965, made between the Taradale Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) and Bowsie and Raitt, of Napier, contractors (in this section referred to as the contractor), the contractor agreed to undertake certain works for the Council amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 11,054 pounds and 12 shillings upon the terms and conditions contained in the said agreement:

And whereas in the execution of the said works the contractor encountered certain unforeseen difficulties and suffered loss:

And whereas the Council, having regard to these difficulties and to the hardship which the contractor would otherwise suffer, agreed to pay and has paid to the contractor the sum of 360 pounds in addition to the amount payable under the contract, and it is desirable to validate that payment:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The payment by the Council of the sum of 360 pounds to the contractor in respect of the loss suffered in the performance of the contract is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully made.

Whereas the Matamata Urban Fire Authority purported to obtain approval to raise a loan of 8,600 pounds to be known as the Fire Station Improvement Loan 1965 (in this section referred to as the loan):

And whereas the Matamata Urban Fire Committee passed all necessary resolutions for the raising of the said loan, but had no authority to do so:

And whereas the Matamata Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) expended out of its District Fund Account for certain purposes for which the loan was authorised money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 4,868 pounds:

And whereas the contract for the erection of the extensions and improvements to the fire station situated in Matamata and purporting to be made between the Matamata Urban Fire Authority and C. and M. McKenzie Limited as contractor has been found to be invalid:

And whereas the Council had no authority to make the aforesaid payments:

And whereas it is desirable to validate the authority for the raising of the loan and to authorise the refund by the Council out of the loan to its District Fund Account of the said sum of 4,868 pounds and to validate the said contract and to declare that Colin Arthur McKenzie, a shareholder of the said C. and M. McKenzie Limited, is not disqualified from holding office as a member of the Matamata Borough Council:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The sanction granted by the Local Authorities Loans Board and the consent given by the Governor-General in Council for the raising of the loan shall for all purposes be deemed to have been lawfully given to the Council in its capacity as the Matamata Urban Fire Authority.

(2) The Council is hereby authorised and entitled to refund the sum of 4,868 pounds to its District Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan.

(3) The action of the Council in making payments totalling in the aggregate the sum of 4,868 pounds during the months of June, July, and August 1966 to C. and M. McKenzie Limited is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.

(4) The contract dated 9 March 1966 and purporting to be made between the Matamata Urban Fire Authority and C. and M. McKenzie Limited for the erection of extensions and improvements to the Matamata fire station is hereby deemed to have been lawfully made between the Council in its capacity as Matamata Urban Fire Authority and C. and M. McKenzie Limited.

(5) The said Colin Arthur McKenzie, of Matamata, company director, is hereby declared not to be and never to have been disqualified from holding office as a member of the Matamata Borough Council by the operation of the Local Authorities (Members' Contracts) Act 1954 as a consequence of the said C. and M. McKenzie Limited entering into the contract referred to in subsection (4).

Notwithstanding anything in the Auckland City Endowments and Reserves Act 1875, the Auckland Reserves Exchange and Change of Trust Act 1881, or in any other Act, the Corporation of the City of Auckland shall have, in respect of the Auckland Town Hall Building erected on part of the land described in Schedule 3 of the Auckland Reserves Exchange and Change of Trust Act 1881, that is Lot 57 of Section 29, City of Auckland, all such powers of leasing and disposition as it has under the provisions of the said Acts and also as it has in respect of its general and ordinary endowments.

Whereas the Otorohanga Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) has expended out of its District Fund Account the sum of 6,000 pounds in payment of the cost of renovating and improving the Otorohanga Town Hall:

And whereas the Local Authorities Loans Board has no authority to sanction the raising of a loan for the purpose of enabling the Council to refund the said sum to its District Fund Account:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a special loan of not more than 6,000 pounds for the purpose of refunding to its District Fund Account the sum expended from that Account as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 an amount not exceeding 6,000 pounds, and to apply that sum when raised for the purpose of refunding to its District Fund Account the sum expended from that Account as aforesaid.

Whereas the Helensville Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) obtained authority to raise a loan of 12,000 pounds known as the Water Supply Improvement Loan No 3, 1962 (in this section referred to as the loan) for the purpose of constructing a dam and effecting other improvements to the borough water supply (in this section referred to as the works):

And whereas the Council has expended on the works, in addition to the amount of the loan, the sum of 1,200 pounds out of its District Fund Account:

And whereas the Local Authorities Loans Board has no authority to sanction the raising of a loan for the purpose of enabling the Council to refund the said 1,200 pounds to its District Fund Account:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a special loan not exceeding 1,200 pounds for the purpose of recouping its District Fund Account as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 an amount not exceeding 1,200 pounds for the purpose of refunding to its District Fund Account the sum expended from that account as aforesaid.

Whereas the Hamilton City Council (in this section referred to as the Council) has expended out of its District Fund Account certain sums totalling 27,200 pounds in repayment of portions of 3 loans which matured on 1 August 1966, namely, the sum of 10,000 pounds in respect of the Hamilton City Council Streets Loan 1959, the sum of 2,900 pounds in respect of the Hamilton City Council Sewer Loan 1957, and the sum of 14,300 pounds in respect of the Hamilton City Council Stormwater Drainage and Ulster Street Culvert Loan 1956:

And whereas the Local Authorities Loans Board has no authority to sanction the raising of a loan for the purpose of enabling the Council to refund the said sum of 27,200 pounds to its District Fund Account:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a special loan of not more than 27,200 pounds for the purpose of recouping its District Fund Account in respect of the said sums expended from that account as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 an amount not exceeding 27,200 pounds for the purpose of refunding to its District Fund Account the sums expended from that account as aforesaid and, notwithstanding anything in section 34 of that Act, without the prior consent of the ratepayers.

Whereas, before obtaining the necessary sanction of the Minister of Marine, the Takapuna City Council (in this section referred to as the Council) constructed and carried out certain works on tidal lands at Castor Bay:

And whereas the Council, before obtaining that sanction and without the requisite authority, did, during the financial years that ended with 31 March in the years 1965 and 1966, expend the aggregate sum of 958 pounds 6 shillings in constructing and carrying out those works:

And whereas the required sanction has now been obtained, and it is desirable that the expenditure be validated:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The expenditure by the Council of the said sum of 958 pounds 6 shillings in connection with the said works is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully incurred.

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

Whereas the Putaruru Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) has expended out of its District Fund Account the sum of 2,500 pounds to repay the balance outstanding in respect of the Baths Filtration Plant and Fencing Loan 1955:

And whereas the Local Authorities Loans Board has no authority to sanction the raising of a loan for the purpose of enabling the Council to refund the said sum of 2,500 pounds to its District Fund Account:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a special loan of not more than 2,500 pounds for the purpose of recouping its District Fund Account in respect of the sum expended from that account as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 an amount not exceeding 2,500 pounds for the purpose of refunding to its District Fund Account the sum expended from that account as aforesaid and, notwithstanding anything in section 34 of that Act, without the prior consent of the ratepayers.

Whereas the Birkenhead Borough Council (in this section referred to as the Council) has expended out of its District Fund Account the sum of 30,000 pounds for the purchase of land for the provision of off-street parking:

And whereas the Local Authorities Loans Board has no authority to sanction the raising of a loan for the purpose of enabling the Council to refund the said sum of 30,000 pounds to its District Fund Account:

And whereas it is desirable to authorise the Council to raise a special loan not exceeding 30,000 pounds for the purpose of recouping its District Fund Account in respect of the sum expended from that account as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Council is hereby authorised and empowered to borrow by way of special loan under the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 an amount not exceeding 30,000 pounds for the purpose of refunding to its District Fund Account the sum expended from that account as aforesaid.

The expenditure by the Half-moon and Horseshoe Bays Harbour Board during the financial year ended on 30 September 1965 of the sum of 200 pounds, in connection with the erection of public conveniences at Half-moon Bay, is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully incurred.

(1), (2) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

(3) The Lyttelton Harbour Board is hereby authorised to refund to its Harbour Fund Account out of the proceeds of any loan raised under the authority of section 4 of the Act, the total sum expended from that Account before the passing of this section on any works referred to in the Schedule of the Act (as substituted by subsection (1)).

The expenditure by the Northland Harbour Board during the financial year ended on 30 September 1966 of the sum of 3,651 pounds and 1 penny, in connection with the 1966 Annual Conference of the New Zealand Harbours Association, is hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully incurred.

Whereas, before the Bay of Plenty Electric Power Board (in this section referred to as the Board) obtained authority to raise a loan of 200,000 pounds to be known as the Reticulation Extension Loan 1966 (in this section referred to as the loan), the Board expended out of its Power Fund Account for certain purposes for which the loan was to be raised money amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 51,100 pounds:

And whereas authority to raise the loan has since been obtained:

And whereas the Board is desirous of refunding to its Power Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan the sum of 51,100 pounds, but has no authority to do so:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Board is hereby authorised to refund to its Power Fund Account out of the proceeds of the loan the sum of 51,100 pounds.

Whereas the Ohai Railway Board constituted under the Local Railways Act 1914 (in this section referred to as the Board) is the owner of two steam locomotives which are surplus to its requirements and which are of no further use for the purposes of the Board:

And whereas the Board wishes to donate the locomotives to the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Incorporated for the purposes of their maintenance and preservation as historical articles:

And whereas the Board has no authority to make such a donation:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The Board is hereby authorised and empowered to donate, without consideration, to the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Incorporated 2 steam locomotives for the purposes of their maintenance and preservation as historical articles in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be agreed by the Board and the said Society.

(2) The locomotives to which this section relates are—

• (a) steam locomotive No X442 manufactured in or about the year 1908:

• (b) steam locomotive Wab 794.

The Ohai Railway Board is hereby authorised and empowered to expend, during the financial year ending on 31 March 1967, a sum not exceeding 300 pounds in connection with the official celebration of the Board's 50th anniversary.

Whereas the Auckland Regional Authority constituted under the Auckland Regional Authority Act 1963 (in this section referred to as the Authority) owns certain land situated within the Waiwera Survey District which it acquired for the purposes of a regional reserve and which is used as a reserve known as the Wenderholm Regional Reserve:

And whereas during the period commencing on 18 December 1965 and ending with 31 May 1966 the Authority operated a kiosk on the reserve in order to provide a service for the sale of refreshments and other articles and commodities to members of the public using the reserve:

And whereas the Authority had no express authority in law to operate the said kiosk:

And whereas it is desirable that the action of the Authority in operating the said kiosk be validated:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The action of the Authority in operating the said kiosk at the Wenderholm Regional Reserve during the aforesaid period is hereby validated, and the operation of the said kiosk during that period shall be deemed to have been lawfully carried on.

Whereas the former Manukau County Council and the former Manurewa Borough Council are named as contributing authorities in the Schedule of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Maintenance Act 1928 (as substituted by section 3 of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Maintenance Amendment Act 1963) and in Schedule 2 of the last-mentioned Act:

And whereas on 3 September 1965 the County of Manukau and the Borough of Manurewa were abolished and the Councils of that county and that borough were dissolved and the area comprised in that county and that borough was constituted a borough known as the City of Manukau:

And whereas it is expedient that the said Acts be consequentially amended:

And whereas a differential factor of 0.922 in respect of Manukau City Council would produce the same amount by way of levy as the total of the separate amounts that would have been levied on the former Manukau County Council and the former Manurewa Borough Council if those Councils had not been dissolved as aforesaid:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) Schedule 1 of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Maintenance Act 1928 (as so substituted) is hereby amended—

• (a) by omitting so much thereof as relates to the Manukau County Council and the Manurewa Borough Council:

• (b) by inserting, after the reference to the Papakura Borough Council, in the appropriate columns thereof, the following words:

  Manukau City Council

  0.922.

(2) Schedule 2 of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Maintenance Amendment Act 1963 is hereby amended—

• (a) by omitting the words “Manukau County Council” and also the words “Manurewa Borough Council”:

• (b) by inserting, after the words “Howick Borough Council”, the words “Manukau City Council”.

Whereas on 27 May 1966 the Minister of Finance gave his consent pursuant to section 37(2) of the Licensing Trusts Act 1949, to the borrowing by way of mortgage by the Oamaru Licensing Trust (in this section referred to as the Trust) of the sum of 90,000 pounds for the purpose of financing the establishment by the Trust of taverns at Waikouaiti and Hampden:

And whereas before that date and in anticipation of that consent the Trust borrowed the sum of 36,500 pounds for the purpose of financing the tavern at Waikouaiti and the sum of 20,850 pounds for the purpose of financing the tavern at Hampden (in this section referred to as the said loans):

And whereas the Trust has executed mortgages of its property at Waikouaiti and Hampden for the purpose of securing the repayment of the said loans:

And whereas it is expedient that the borrowing of the said loans and the giving of the mortgages to secure the repayment thereof be validated:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) The borrowing of the said money by the Trust without the consent of the Minister of Finance is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.

(2) All mortgages executed by the Trust for the purpose of securing the repayment of the said loans which would have been valid if the consent of the Minister of Finance to the borrowing of the said money and to the mortgaging of the property of the Trust had been given before the execution of the mortgages by the Trust are hereby declared to have been lawfully executed and shall have full force and effect according to their tenor.

Whereas the Wairarapa Catchment Board (in this section referred to as the Board) proposes to undertake land drainage, stream and river control works, the construction of defences against water, and reclamation of lands on the shores of Lake Wairarapa, Lake Onoke, and the Ruamahanga River and on marginal lands adjacent thereto in pursuance of a scheme prepared by the Board and styled the Lower Wairarapa Valley Development Scheme (in this section referred to as the Scheme):

And whereas the carrying out of the Scheme is likely to increase the value of certain marginal lands held in private ownership:

And whereas the Board, pursuant to the powers conferred on it by the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941, has completed a classification of all the rateable property affected by the Scheme, including the said marginal lands held in private ownership:

And whereas it is considered that the classification into Class A or Class B of the said marginal lands, because of the relationship of the potential benefit and the present valuation of the said marginal lands which benefit, cannot operate equitably:

And whereas it is considered that it would be just and equitable that the owners of all or part of the said marginal lands held in private ownership and classified into Class A or Class B receiving the increment in value should contribute proportionately towards the cost of the Scheme in addition to such other rates and payments as may be lawfully demanded by the Board:

And whereas the Board has, by agreements dated 29 March 1965, 2 September 1965, and 1 November 1965, entered into with the owners of the said marginal lands, namely with Lawrence George Moran, of Featherston, farmer, the New Zealand Insurance Company Limited, Clifford Ulric Plimmer, of Wellington, company director, the Maori Trustee, Gordon Regis Colman, of Martinborough, farmer, Ben Robert Lysaght Atkinson, of Featherston, farmer, Nancy Rose Adams, of Dannevirke, married woman, and Russell Winston Hume, of Pirinoa, farmer (in this section referred to as the owners) reached agreement with the owners as to the terms and method of payment of such additional contribution:

And whereas the Board has no power to enter into the said agreements or to compel payment of such additional contribution from the owners:

And whereas it is desirable that the said agreements should be validated:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941, the said agreements are hereby validated and confirmed, and the Board shall be deemed to have been at all times authorised and empowered to enter into and execute the said agreements, which shall be binding on the parties thereto and shall for all purposes, without further authority than this section, be effective according to their tenor.

(2) The contributions payable under the said agreements by the owners shall be paid to the Board, and shall be applied by the Board in the carrying out of the works under the Scheme.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the Rating Act 1925, the Board from time to time may in any court of competent jurisdiction recover the amount of those contributions from the owners of the lands affected by the said agreements for the time being as debts due by the respective owners to the Board, in the same manner as if the payment due were a rate levied under the provisions of the Rating Act 1925.

Whereas by Order in Council made on 8 September 1965 and published in the Gazette on 9 September 1965, at page 1502, the area of land described in Schedule 1 of the said Order in Council was excluded from the Hutt Valley and Bays United Urban Fire District and included in the Eastbourne Urban Fire District:

And whereas by an agreement dated 22 September 1966 (in this section referred to as the agreement), made between the Eastbourne Urban Fire Authority (in this section referred to as the Authority) and the Hutt Valley and Bays Fire Board (in this section referred to as the Board), it has been agreed that the Board will, within the said area of land described in Schedule 1 of the said Order in Council, exercise and perform all the rights, duties, and obligations conferred and imposed on the Authority by the Fire Services Act 1949:

And whereas doubts have arisen as to the authority of the Authority and the Board to enter into the agreement and as to the validity of the agreement and it is desirable to validate the same:

Be it therefore enacted as follows:

The Authority and the Board shall be deemed to have been authorised and empowered to enter into the agreement and the same is declared to have been lawfully made and shall have effect according to its tenor.