Municipal Corporations Amendment Act 1950
Municipal Corporations Amendment Act 1950
Municipal Corporations Amendment Act 1950
Municipal Corporations Amendment Act 1950
Public Act |
1950 No 60 |
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Date of assent |
1 December 1950 |
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Contents
An Act to Amend the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
1933, No. 30
This Act may be cited as the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1950, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Increasing maximum general rate.
Section seventy-seven of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows:—
(a)
By omitting the words “two shillings and sixpence”
, and substituting the words “three shillings”
:
(b)
By omitting the word “twopence”
, and substituting the words “twopence halfpenny”
.
3 Consent of neighbouring local authority not required in respect of services for carriage of school children or private contracts.
1949, No. 7
Section two hundred and seventeen of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding to subsection one the following proviso:—
“Provided that, where the service is one which the Council is authorized, pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection one of section ninety-seven of the Transport Act, 1949, to carry on without a transport licence under Part VI of that Act, the Council may operate the service between any place within the borough and any place within the district of any other local authority without obtaining the consent of that other local authority.”
4 Powers of Council in relation to instruction of public concerning borough activities.
(1)
Subsection one of section three hundred and eight of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (f), and substituting the following paragraph:—
“(f)
From time to time prepare and publish hand-books, abstracts, or other publications containing information and matters of interest relative to the history, administration, and affairs of the borough, purchase publications containing photographic views of the borough, and prepare and disseminate information that is designed to educate and instruct the public concerning local government activities in the borough or that has for its object the advancement or development of the borough.”
Repeal. 1949, No. 51
(2)
Section thirty-seven of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1949, is hereby consequentially repealed.
5 Council may approve plan for leasing purposes only or subject to adjoining land being included.
Section three hundred and thirty-two of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding to subsection three the following paragraph:—
“(d)
Approve the plan subject to the allotments being disposed of by way of lease only and for a term not exceeding a term fixed by the Council, or subject to the condition that any land which adjoins any allotment shown on the plan and which is owned by the subdividing owner be included in and form part of that allotment and that one certificate of title be issued to include the several pieces of land included in that allotment.”
6 Increasing limit of loans for housing purposes.
1948, No. 60
(1)
Section four of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1948, is hereby amended by omitting from subsection four the words “one thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds”
, and substituting the words “two thousand and twenty pounds”
.
(2)
Section five of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1948, is hereby amended by omitting from subsection four the words “one thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds”
, and substituting the words “two thousand and twenty pounds”
.
(3)
Section six of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1948, is hereby amended by omitting from subsection two the words “one thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds”
, and substituting the words “two thousand and twenty pounds”
.
(4)
Section eight of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1948, is hereby amended by omitting from paragraph (a) the words “one thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds”
, and substituting the words “two thousand and twenty pounds”
.
7 Powers of Council as to subdivision of land for housing purposes.
Section fourteen of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1948, is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “as aforesaid”
, the words “and any other land vested in it and not held upon trust for any particular purpose other than housing”
.