Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act Commencement Order 1998
Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act Commencement Order 1998
Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act Commencement Order 1998
1998/261
Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act Commencement Order 1998
Note
This order is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.
PURSUANT to section 20(5) of the Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act 1992, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, and on the advice of the Minister of Local Government, makes the following order.
1 Title
This order may be cited as the Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act Commencement Order 1998.
2 Commencement of section 20 of Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act 1992
Section 20 of the Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act 1992 comes into force on 8 October 1998.
MARIE SHROFF,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order brings into force, on 8 October 1998, section 20 of the Selwyn Plantation Board Empowering Act 1992.
That Act provides for the sale and transfer of forestry activities vested in the Selwyn Plantation Board to the Selwyn Plantation Board Limited, which is a company jointly owned by the Christchurch City Council and the Selwyn District Council. Section 20 of the Act provides for the abolition of the Selwyn Plantation Board by Order in Council.
Section 3 requires the Board to transfer its undertaking (as defined in the Act) to the Company within a period of 12 months after the date of commencement of the Act, or at a later date with the approval of the Minister of Local Government. The transfer of the Board's undertaking has now been completed, allowing for the abolition of the Board to take place.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 10 September 1998.