Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1973
Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1973
Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1973
Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1973
Public Act |
1973 No 91 |
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Date of assent |
21 November 1973 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941
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
This Act may be cited as the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1973, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Money to be paid into bank
(1)
Section 111 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting in subsection (2) (as substituted by section 2 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1965), after the word “cheque”
, the words “or other instrument (not being a promissory note or bill)”
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(2)
The said section 111 is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:
“(3)
Every payment of money by the Board shall be authorised by a prior resolution of the Board or shall be submitted to the Board for confirmation at its first ordinary meeting after the date of payment.”
3 Metric conversions
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended in the manner indicated in the Schedule to this Act.
(2)
Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of this section, anything validly done under any provision amended by that subsection shall not be invalidated by reason of any such amendment.
Schedule AMENDMENTS TO SOIL CONSERVATION AND RIVERS CONTROL ACT 1941
Section 3
| Section Amended | Amendment |
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| Section 92 (as amended by section 13 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1952 and section 16 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1959) | By omitting from subsection (3) the word “acreage”, and substituting the word “area”. |
| Section 100b (as inserted by section 4 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1964) | By omitting from subsection (4) the word “acreage”, and substituting the word “area”. |
| Section 106b (as inserted by section 20 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1959) | By omitting the word “acreage”, wherever it occurs, and substituting in each case the word “area”. |
By omitting from subsection (1) the word “acre”, and substituting the word “hectare”. | |
By omitting from paragraph (cc) in sub section (6) the word “acreages”, and substituting the words “area in hectares”. | |
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By repealing paragraph (a) of subsection (9), and substituting the following para graph: “(a)If the area of his rateable property included in the defined lands (determined in accordance with para graph (b) of this subsection) does not exceed 40 hectares, he shall have 1 vote; if it exceeds 40 hectares but does not exceed 80 hectares, he shall have 2 votes; and if it exceeds 80 hectares he shall have 3 votes.” | |
By omitting from paragraph (b) of sub section (9) the word “acre”in both places where it occurs, and substituting in each case the word “hectare”. | |
By omitting from subsection (10) (as substituted by section 176(1) of the Rating Act 1967) the word “acre”, and substituting the word “hectare”. | |
By omitting from subsection (11) the word “acre”, and substituting the word “hectare”. |
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Works and Development.