The Short Title of this Act is “The Naval Reserves Vesting Act, 1890.”

Upon the Governor being satisfied who is the proper person or authority in whom lands ought to be vested for the Naval Service of Her Majesty, be may, by warrant under his hand, direct the Registrar of the Auckland Land District to issue a certificate of title in fee-simple in favour of such person or authority, his or their successors in office, in the form prescribed in the First Schedule to “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” or as near thereto as circumstances will admit, and comprising the several parcels of land described in the Schedule to this Act, which said lands are those set apart as reserves for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned.

No person or authority in whom the said parcels of land shall for the time being be vested shall have any power to alienate, charge, let, or otherwise in any manner to dispose thereof; but the same shall at all times be held, used, and occupied in trust for the purposes of Her Majesty’s Naval Service, and not otherwise, with full power, however, to erect and maintain on such lands or any part thereof, or to remove and take away therefrom, all or any such buildings, machinery, or other erections as may he thought fit.

In case the said parcels of land shall at any time cease to be used or required for the purposes aforesaid, such land shall revert to Her Majesty, and be and be deemed to be Crown lands of New Zealand, and liable to be dealt with under any law for the time being in force relating thereto, or as may be otherwise provided by an Act of the General Assembly: Provided that, if the said lands shall so revert to Her Majesty as aforesaid, the power to remove and take away, or to sell for removal or otherwise dispose of, any buildings, machinery, or other erections on the said land may be exercised by the person or authority in whom such lands may then be vested within such limited period as the Governor may determine after such reversion takes effect.