This Act may be cited as the Wellington and Karori Sanitation and Water-supply Act 1912.

In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context,—

The area described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as the said area) shall henceforth be within the jurisdiction of the Wellington Corporation and the Wellington Council for the purposes of drainage, waterworks, and water-supply in as full a manner as if such area were within the city; and the Wellington Council may hereafter, in respect of the said area, exercise all or any of the powers and duties vested in or imposed on them respectively in relation to drainage, waterworks, and water-supply by the said Act as if the said area were part of the city.

(1) The said area and every person therein, and every person owning or occupying land therein, shall be subject to all by-laws for the time being in the City of Wellington relating to waterworks and water-supply, to drainage and drains (whether public or private), to the prevention or suppression of nuisances, and to the care and preservation of public health, whether such by-laws are made under the said Act or any other public Act enabling the Wellington Corporation or Wellington Council in that behalf.

(2) The Wellington Council, in manner provided and subject to the provisions of the said Act, may make, alter, and repeal such by-laws as it shall think fit relating to waterworks and water-supply, to drainage and drains (whether public or private), to the prevention or suppression of nuisances, and to the care and preservation of public health and for general sanitary purposes, with special regard to the said area, and for preventing any stream or watercourse in the said area from being polluted or infected by sewage or any deleterious or offensive matter.

(3) The by-laws of the Wellington Corporation brought into force in the said area by virtue of this Act shall be in addition to all by-laws for the time being of the Borough of Karori, but this section shall not authorise the punishment of any person twice for the same offence; and, in case of conflict of the by-laws of the Wellington Corporation and the by-laws of the Borough of Karori in respect of matters relating to which by-laws may be made under this Act, the by-laws of the Wellington Corporation shall prevail.

(4) The provisions of sections 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 353, 354, 355, and of paragraph (a) of section 347 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1908, shall apply to all by-laws made by the Wellington Council under this Act.

So far as regards loans for the construction of drainage-works and waterworks, and so far only, the provisions of the Local Bodies Loans Act 1908, shall be applicable in respect of the said area, subject as follows:

• (a) the said area shall be deemed to be and form part of the City of Wellington:

• (b) the Wellington Council is hereby constituted the local authority in such district, and, as such local authority, may for the purpose of such drainage-works and waterworks raise special loans, and make and levy special rates, and carry out all powers, duties, and authorities conferred by that Act on a local authority as if the said area were part of the Wellington City:

• (c) notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (3) of section 3 of the Local Bodies Loans Act 1908, or any regulations made thereunder, all rateable land within the said area shall be subject to all special rates made and levied in respect of the special loans raised under this Act; and no person shall be entitled to object to his name being included in any special roll to be prepared under such subsection in respect of any poll on any proposed special loan under this Act either on the ground that his property will not be benefited or on the ground that his property will be only partially benefited by the expenditure of the proposed loan.

The Wellington Council may apply the proceeds of any special rate made and levied in respect of any special loan for drainage-works authorised by this Act, after payment out of such proceeds of interest, sinking fund, and other charges, towards the payment of the cost of administration by such Council of the provisions of this Act relating to drainage-works.

The Wellington Council may make and levy as a separate drainage rate a rate, not exceeding a rate equal to 1 penny in the pound on the unimproved value of all rateable property in the said area, to cover—

• (a) the cost of administration of the provisions of this Act relating to drainage-works, so far as such cost is not met by any surplus of special rates applicable thereto as hereinbefore provided:

• (b) the cost of repair, maintenance, and renewal of drainage and drainage-works constructed under this Act.

(1) The drainage-works within the said area shall be constructed in connection with the drainage-system of the city constructed or to be constructed for the drainage of the districts of Wadestown and Northland.

(2) There shall be payable out of the proceeds of the first special loan raised for drainage-works under this Act the sum of 1,500 pounds, or such less sum as the Engineer of the Wellington Corporation shall fix, by way of contribution to the cost of all common drains and common drainage-works used for draining the said area and the districts of Wadestown and Northland, or any parts thereof, or any other area.

(3) There shall also be payable out of the proceeds of the same loan to the owners of the Evelyn Estate such sum as the Engineer of the Wellington Corporation assesses as the value of the public drains constructed and laid by the said owners that are suitable and available for use in connection with the proposed drainage-works.

The Wellington Council may apply the proceeds of any special rate made or levied under this Act in respect of waterworks or water-supply, after payment thereout of interest, sinking fund, and other charges, towards the payment of the cost of the administration by such Council of the provisions of this Act relating to waterworks or water-supply.

(1) The Council shall, after 1 April 1914, make and levy in the said area, and all property in the said area shall be subject to the same, water rates and charges as are made and levied in the parts of the districts of Wadestown and Northland that are supplied by any system of water-supply other than the ordinary gravitation system of the city.

(2) There shall be payable out of the proceeds of the water rates and charges so made and levied—

• (a) the cost of administration of the provisions of this Act relating to waterworks or water-supply:

• (b) the interest, sinking fund, and other charges of all loans raised under this Act for waterworks or water-supply; the balance (if any) shall be deemed to be moneys of the city accruing from waterworks.

(3) So long as the proceeds of the water rates and charges made and levied under this Act shall be sufficient to meet the charges under paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of this section, no special rate shall be collected in respect of any loan for waterworks or water-supply under this Act.

All rates made and levied under this Act shall be made and levied on the system for the time being in force in the City of Wellington.

(1) The Wellington Corporation shall, out of the proceeds of the first loan for drainage purposes raised under this Act, pay all costs, charges, and expenses incurred by the Wellington Council or the Karori Council in connection with the preparation of this Act and the passing of the same through Parliament.

(2) If the voters entitled to vote in respect of the raising of special loans under this Act shall refuse to authorise either the first loan proposed for drainage-works or the first loan proposed for waterworks, then this Act shall be void and of no effect, and the Karori Council shall pay to the Wellington Council all moneys expended by the Wellington Council in connection with the preparation of this Act and the passing of the same through Parliament, and all costs and expenses incurred by the Wellington Council in connection with the taking of polls for loans under this Act.

All fines imposed by any bylaw made under this Act may be recovered under the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 and the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, and must be paid into the District Fund of the Wellington Corporation.

Nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to include the said area or any part thereof within the jurisdiction of the Wellington Corporation or the Wellington Council further than is necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act as hereinbefore set forth.

Where there shall be anything in this Act contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of any existing Act of a public nature, such last-mentioned Act shall be read subject to the provisions of this Act.