Local Government Amendment Act 1976
Local Government Amendment Act 1976
Local Government Amendment Act 1976
Local Government Amendment Act 1976
Public Act |
1976 No 55 |
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Date of assent |
25 November 1976 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1974
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 Local Government Amendment Act 1976, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Local Government Act 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Local authorities and public bodies to which Part I of principal Act applies
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the First Schedule, and substituting the First Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Act.
(2)
Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended—
(a)
By inserting in paragraph (a) of the definition of the term “local authority”
in subsection (1), after the words “Part I”
, the words “or Part II”
:
(b)
By omitting from paragraph (b) of the same definition the words “Part II”
, and substituting the words “Part III”
:
(c)
By inserting in subsection (3)(a), after the words “Part I”
, the words “or Part II”
:
(d)
By omitting from subsection (3)(a) the words “Part II”
, and substituting the words “Part III”
:
(e)
By omitting from subsection (3)(a) the words “either case”
, and substituting the words “any case”
:
(f)
By inserting in subsection (3)(b), after the words “Part I”
, the words “or Part II”
.
(3)
The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:
(a)
Section 7 of the Ministry of Transport Amendment Act 1975:
(b)
Section 21(5) of the Christchurch Town Hall Board of Management Act 1976.
3 Adjoining districts
(1)
Section 2(4) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “and in the case of districts of territorial authorities, notwithstanding that they may be separated by the whole or part of not more than one other district of a territorial authority”
.
(2)
Section 16 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection (1)(a) and also from subsection (6) the word “adjoining”
.
4 Functions of Commission
Section 14(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (b), and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b)
Subject to section 17 of this Act, to provide that the functions which are performed by local authorities that are not territorial authorities but which, in the opinion of the Commission, should be performed by united councils or regional councils or territorial authorities are so performed; and”.
5 Initiation of schemes
(1)
Section 17 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsections (1) and (2), and substituting the following subsections:
“(1)
The Commission may from time to time, of its own motion, initiate or, at the request of the Minister or of any local authority of any of the classes specified in Part I of the First Schedule to this Act, consider a proposal that a scheme be prepared, in relation to any local authority of any of the classes specified in the said Part I, providing for any of the matters specified in section 16 of this Act.
“(1a)
The Commission may from time to time—
“(a)
At the request of any local authority of any of the classes specified in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act or of any local authority specified in Part III of that Schedule, consider a proposal that a scheme be prepared, in relation to that local authority, providing for any of the matters specified in section 16 of this Act:
“(b)
At the request of the appropriate Minister, consider a proposal that a scheme be prepared in relation to any local authority of any of the classes specified in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act or of any local authority specified in Part III of that Schedule, providing for any of the matters specified in section 16 of this Act:
“Provided that no scheme prepared pursuant to a proposal under this subsection shall provide for any reorganisation of the district of any territorial authority.
“(1b)
For the purposes of subsection (1a) of this section, the term ‘appropriate Minister’—
“(a)
Means the Minister charged with the administration of the Act by or pursuant to which the local authority is constituted:
“(b)
Where there is no such Minister—
“(i)
In relation to any Electric Power Board (including the Auckland Electric Power Board), or to any Area Electricity Authority, or to the Crown in any case where the Crown is the electrical supply authority within the meaning of the Electricity Act 1968 for any area included in the district of a territorial authority, means the Minister of Electricity:
“(ii)
In relation to the Christchurch Drainage Board, the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board, the Hutt Valley Drainage Board, and the North Shore Drainage Board, means the Minister of Local Government:
“(iii)
In relation to the Waikato Valley Authority and the Wellington Regional Water Board, means the Minister of Works and Development:
“(iv)
In relation to any Harbour Board and to the Christchurch Transport Board, means the Minister of Transport.
“(2)
Either before or immediately after a request is made to the Commission under subsection (1) or subsection (1a) of this section, the Minister or local authority making the request shall serve a copy of the proposal on every local authority to which the proposal relates.”
(2)
Section 17(4) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “subsection (1)”
, the words “or subsection (1a)”
.
6 Notice of provisional scheme
Section 19 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (2), and substituting the following subsection:
“(2)
In the preparation of a scheme constituting or altering the boundary of a region or providing for any of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 16(1) of this Act, the Commission shall prepare and publish, either separately or as an appendix to the provisional scheme, an explanatory statement specifying considerations taken into account by the Commission in preparing the scheme, reasons for any provisions of the scheme, and any other matters that the Commission considers relevant. Such a statement shall be deemed not to form part of the scheme.”
7 New sections as to polls substituted
(1)
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing sections 24 and 25, and substituting the following sections:
“24 Electors of territorial authority may request poll in certain cases
“(1)
Subject to this section, where any final scheme contains a proposal—
“(a)
For the union of the district of any territorial authority with any one or more other such districts, or for the abolition of the district of any territorial authority; or
“(b)
For the exclusion of any separately described area of land from the district of any territorial authority, whether by the constitution of a new district or by the alteration of the boundaries of any district or districts,—
a request, in writing, signed by not less than 15 percent of the electors of the district proposed to be united with any other district or districts, or of the district proposed to be abolished, or of that separately described area, as the case may be, that a poll of the electors of that district or that separately described area be taken on the proposal in order to ascertain the extent of public opposition to the scheme may be delivered or sent to the Clerk of the territorial authority at the office of the territorial authority at any time within 1 month after the date of public notification of the final scheme:
“Provided that where the final day of the 1 month within which a poll may be requested falls within the period commencing on the 24th day of December in any year and ending with the 31st day of January in the next year, the date by which a poll may be requested shall be not later than the 10th day of February in that next year.
“(2)
Every signatory to the request shall against his signature state his full name and address.
“(3)
Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of this section, no poll may be requested—
“(a)
On any proposal in a final scheme where no objection was lodged against the provisional scheme and the Commission has approved the provisional scheme as publicly notified; or
“(b)
On any proposal in a final scheme to alter the boundaries of any territorial authority district or districts where the alteration has been agreed to by all the territorial authorities whose district boundaries are affected thereby.
“(4)
Where any final scheme contains a proposal for the alteration of the boundaries of the district or districts of one or more territorial authorities, the Commission shall state in the scheme whether or not the alteration has been agreed to by all the territorial authorities affected thereby, and such a statement shall, unless the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence thereof for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
“(5)
Upon receiving a request for a poll pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the Clerk of the territorial authority shall check from the roll of his district or part thereof, as the case may be, the number of electors who are signatories to the request whose names also appear on the roll.
“(6)
If he is satisfied that the request for a poll is valid, the Clerk shall, not later than 2 months after the date of public notification of the scheme, or, as the case may be, not later than the 10th day of March where the period for requesting a poll has been extended by the proviso to subsection (1) of this section, deliver the request for a poll to the Returning Officer for the district of the territorial authority.
“(7)
The Clerk of the territorial authority, if he is satisfied that the requirements of subsection (1) of this section have not been met, shall as soon as practicable give public notice accordingly.
“(8)
For the purpose of determining the minimum number of electors who are required to sign a request under this section—
“(a)
The number of electors of any district or of any riding, ward, or other electoral subdivision shall be the number of electors who were on the roll of electors of that district, riding, ward, or subdivision for the immediately preceding general election of members of the territorial authority:
“(b)
The number of electors of any part of a district that is not a riding, ward, or other electoral subdivision of the district shall be the number of electors who were on the roll of the district for the immediately preceding general election of members of the territorial authority and who possess a qualification in respect of that part—
as stated in each case in a certificate by the Clerk of the territorial authority, whose certificate shall be final.
“25 Conduct of poll
“(1)
Subject to this section, the Local Elections and Polls Act 1966 shall, as far as it is applicable, apply to every poll taken pursuant to a request under section 24 of this Act.
“(2)
The day on which the poll is to be taken shall be fixed by the Returning Officer of the territorial authority, being not less than 35 nor more than 42 clear days after the date of the receipt by him of the request for a poll:
“Provided that where the request for a poll is received by the Returning Officer on any day after the 8th day of November and before the 27th day of December in any year, the day to be so fixed shall be a day not less than 35 nor more than 42 clear days after that 27th day of December.
“(3)
Where any such poll is required to be taken of the electors of any part of the district of a territorial authority which is not a riding or ward or other subdivision for electoral purposes, the Returning Officer of that territorial authority shall cause to be prepared a special roll comprising the names of all persons in that part who are entitled to vote at any election of the members of the territorial authority; and that roll shall be prepared in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 or the Counties Act 1956, as the case may require.”
(2)
The principal Act is hereby further amended—
(a)
By repealing the definition of the term “principal authority”
in section 2(1):
(b)
By omitting from subsection (1) of section 26 and also from subsection (2) the words “or rolls”
:
(c)
By omitting from section 26(1) the words “principal authority”
, and substituting the words “territorial authority”
:
(d)
By repealing section 27(2):
(e)
By omitting from section 27(3) the words “Subject to subsection (2) of this section”
.
8 Resubmission of defeated proposal to electors
Section 27(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended—
(a)
By inserting, after the words “be given to”
, the words “the whole or part of”
:
(b)
By inserting, after the words “this Act, the proposal”
, the words “or, as the case may be, that part thereof”
.
9 Constitution of united councils and regional councils
(1)
Section 40 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (2), and substituting the following subsections:
“(2)
Where a new region is constituted, the Commission shall, in the final scheme providing for the constitution of that region, provide that—
“(a)
There shall be a regional council for the region if the region is a metropolitan area:
“(b)
In any other case there shall be a united council for the region:
“Provided that where 2 or more territorial authorities in the proposed region (being the specified proportion of the territorial authorities in the region) so request, the Commission, in any case to which paragraph (a) of this subsection applies, may provide that there shall be a united council for the region and, in any case to which paragraph (b) of this subsection applies, may provide that there shall be a regional council for the region.
“(2A)
For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, the expression ‘specified proportion’, in relation to the territorial authorities in the proposed region, shall be determined in accordance with the formula—
a + b + c
where—
a
is the percentage that the total capital value under the Valuation of Land Act 1951 of all the rateable property in the districts of the territorial authorities making the request bears to the total capital value of all the rateable property in the proposed region; and
b
is the percentage that the total population of those districts bears to the total population of the proposed region; and
c
is the percentage that the total area of those districts bears to the total area of the proposed region; and
a+b+c exceeds 150.
“(2b)
Where the valuation rolls under the Valuation of Land Act 1951 for all the districts of territorial authorities comprising the proposed region did not all take effect on the same date, any of those territorial authorities may apply to the Valuer-General to make an adjusted valuation for the purposes of this section of all the rateable property in the several districts of territorial authorities in the proposed region.
“(2c)
On receipt of an application under subsection (2b) of this section, the Valuer-General shall supply to the territorial authority making the application a certificate specifying the total amount of the capital value, calculated as at a date to be determined by the Valuer-General (being the date on which the valuation roll of one of the districts comprising the proposed region took effect), of all the rateable property in the several districts.
“(2d)
The territorial authority shall supply to each other territorial authority in the proposed region a copy of the certificate by the Valuer-General under subsection (2c) of this section.
“(2e)
The several amounts specified in a certificate by the Valuer-General under this section shall for the purposes of this section be the capital values of all the rateable property in the several districts comprising the proposed region.
“(2f)
The decision of the Valuer-General on any application under subsection (2b) of this section shall be final.
“(2g)
There shall be payable to the Valuer-General by the territorial authority making the application in respect of any application under subsection (2b) of this section such fee as the Valuer-General fixes in each case.”
(2)
Section 40 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:
“(5)
In this section the term ‘metropolitan area’ means an area that is predominantly urban in character and has a population of not less than 325 000.”
10 Membership of united councils
Section 43 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (4), the following subsection:
“(4a)
For the purposes of subsection (4) of this section, the rateable value of each constituent district shall be—
“(a)
Where the general rate is made and levied in the several constituent districts on the same system of rating, the total rateable value on that system of rating of all the rateable property in the constituent district:
“(b)
Where the general rate is not made and levied in the several constituent districts on the same system of rating, the total capital value, within the meaning of the Valuation of Land Act 1951, of all the rateable property in the constituent district.”
11 Alteration of allocation of appointments to united council
(1)
Section 44(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting after the words “subsection (4) of that section”
, the words “and also the amounts of any levies made by the united council on the several constituent local authorities”
.
(2)
Section 44 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting, after subsection (1), the following subsection:
“(1a)
In having regard, pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, to the rateable value and population of each constituent district or combination of constituent districts, the constituent authorities shall have regard to the rateable value and population as at the immediately preceding 31st day of March.”
12 Membership of regional councils
Section 52 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (3), and substituting the following subsections:
“(3)
In determining the number of persons to be elected as councillors of the regional council by the electors of each constituent district or combined district or riding, ward, or other electoral subdivision, as the case may be, the Commission shall have regard to the rateable value of the several districts, combined districts, ridings, wards, and other electoral subdivisions, as the case may be, and to the respective areas and populations thereof, and to such additional factors of any kind as the Commission considers relevant, but in no case shall the number of members of the regional council be less than 12.
“(3a)
For the purposes of subsection (3) of this section, the rateable value of each constituent district, combined district, riding, ward, or other electoral subdivision shall be—
“(a)
Where the general rate is made and levied in the several constituent districts within the region on the same system of rating, the total rateable value on that system of rating of all the rateable property in the constituent district, combined district, riding, ward, or other electoral subdivision, as the case may be:
“(b)
Where the general rate is not made and levied in the several constituent districts within the region on the same system of rating, the total capital value, within the meaning of the Valuation of Land Act 1951, of all the rateable property in the constituent district, combined district, riding, ward, or other electoral subdivision, as the case may be.”
13 Review of distribution of membership of regional councils
(1)
Section 54 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (1), the following subsections:
“(1a)
In reviewing the distribution of membership of the council under subsection (1) of this section, the council shall have regard to the matters that under section 52(3) of this Act the Commission is required to take into account in determining the membership of the council.
“(1b)
In having regard, pursuant to subsection (1a) of this section, to the rateable value and population of the several districts, combined districts, ridings, wards, and other electoral subdivisions, the council shall have regard to the rateable value and population as at the immediately preceding 31st day of March.”
(2)
Section 54 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:
“(5)
Nothing in this section shall apply in any case where the triennial general election is to be held within 15 months after the date of the constitution of the region.”
14 Application to Auckland Regional Authority of Part III of principal Act
(1)
Section 72(3) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “and 96 to 98”
, and substituting the words “and 81 to 94 and 96 to 98”
.
(2)
Sections 34 and 34a to 34l of the Auckland Regional Authority Act 1963 (as enacted by section 4(1) of the Auckland Regional Authority Amendment Act 1966) and section 35 of the first-mentioned Act are hereby repealed.
(3)
Section 2(1) of the Auckland Regional Authority Act 1963 is hereby amended by repealing the definition of the term “highway improvement land”
.
(4)
The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:
(a)
Section 2 of the Auckland Regional Authority Amendment Act (No. 2) 1965:
(b)
Section 4 of the Auckland Regional Authority Amendment Act 1966.
(5)
The repeal by this section of any provision of the Auckland Regional Authority Act 1963 shall not affect the validity, effect, or consequences of anything done before the commencement of this section under the provision so repealed, and everything so done shall continue in force and have effect after the commencement of this section as if it had been done under the provision of the principal Act corresponding to the provision so repealed.
(6)
This section shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1977.
15 Power to delegate
Section 87(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:
“Provided that if the constituent authority or constituent authorities so require, the council shall delegate that power to that authority or those authorities if in the opinion of the council the authority or authorities have the ability and facilities to carry out the construction, upgrading, maintenance, and control of the regional road in a proper and workmanlike manner in accordance with plans, specifications, or requirements relating thereto prepared or approved by the council, without any undue delay and at a cost acceptable to the council.”
16 Road improvement land
Section 93(6) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “and declare”
, and substituting the words “and may also declare”
.
17 Separate rates
Section 118(4) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “any separate rates for water, sanitation, sewerage, or storm-water drainage purposes”
, and substituting the words “all or any separate rates”
.
18 Constitution of communities
(1)
Section 146 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (1), and substituting the following subsections:
“(1)
No community shall be constituted except in an urban area within a rural part of the district of a territorial authority that is predominantly urban in character or in an urban area within the district of a territorial authority that is predominantly rural in character or in the whole of the area of one or more offshore islands forming part of the district of a territorial authority.
“(1a)
Subject to subsection (1) of this section, a community may from time to time be constituted by—
“(a)
An Order in Council giving effect to the provisions of a final scheme constituting a new district of a territorial authority or affecting, in any way, the district of an existing territorial authority; or
“(b)
Special order of the territorial authority within whose district the community will be situated.
“(1b)
For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, where any question arises as to whether a district is predominantly urban in nature or predominantly rural in nature or whether any part of a district is predominantly rural in nature, it shall be referred to the Commission for determination, and the Commission’s decision shall be final.”
(2)
Section 146(4) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the word “passing”
, and substituting the word “confirmation”
.
(3)
The principal Act is hereby further amended—
(a)
By repealing sections 147 and 173:
(b)
By omitting from section 149(b) the words “With the prior consent of the Local Government Commission”
.
(4)
Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed as abolishing any community constituted before the 1st day of January 1977 pursuant to section 146(1) of the principal Act (as in force immediately before the passing of this Act) or to section 179 or section 180 of the principal Act.
19 Purpose of community council
Section 163 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b), and substituting the following paragraphs:
“(a)
To co-ordinate and express to the territorial authority in whose district the community is situated the views of the community on any matter of concern to the community; and
“(b)
After consulting and obtaining the consent of the territorial authority in whose district the community is situated, to take such action in the interests of the community with respect to any matter of concern to the community as is appropriate, expedient, and practicable; and”.
20 Community council to be committee of territorial authority
Section 164 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:
“(3)
Subject to this Part of this Act, a community council shall be deemed to be a committee of the territorial authority within whose district the community is situated as if it had been appointed as such under Part V of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 or, as the case may be, Part V of the Counties Act 1956.”
21 Extraordinary vacancies on district community council or community council
Section 170 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (1), the following subsection:
“(1a)
Where an extraordinary vacancy on the council is created pursuant to section 20 of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1966, the vacancy shall be filled by the council by the appointment of a qualified person to fill the vacancy.”
22 Special rating provisions in respect of certain communities
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 184, and substituting the following section:
“184
Where a community (not being a community to which section 179 of this Act applies) is under the jurisdiction of a community council, the territorial authority may, by resolution, determine that section 151(4) and sections 152 to 157 of this Act shall apply with respect to that community as if every reference therein—
“(a)
To a community that is within the jurisdiction of a district community council were a reference to a community that is within the jurisdiction of a community council:
“(b)
To a district community council were a reference to a community council:
“(c)
To a ward or riding comprising a community included a reference to a ward or riding of which a community forms part.”
23 Repealing provisions as to Tokoroa Town Empowering Act 1966
(1)
Section 185 of the principal Act is hereby repealed.
(2)
The following enactments are hereby repealed:
(a)
The Tokoroa Town Empowering Act 1966:
(b)
The Tokoroa Town Empowering Amendment Act 1970.
Schedule New First Schedule to Principal Act
Section 2
“First Schedule
Part I—Classes of Local Authorities or Public Bodies in Respect of Which Commission Has Jurisdiction of its Own Motion or if Requested Under Section 17(1)
| Class of Local Authority or Public Body | Enactment under which Constituted |
|---|---|
| Administering Committees | 1970, No. 134—The Local Authorities (Petroleum Tax) Act 1970 |
| Airport Authorities | 1966, No. 51—The Airport Authorities Act 1966 |
| Borough Councils | 1954, No. 76—The Municipal Corporations Act 1954 (Reprinted, 1969, Vol. 4, p. 2439) |
| County Councils | 1956, No. 64—The Counties Act 1956 (Reprinted, 1969, Vol. 2, p. 1077) |
| District Councils | 1974, No. 66—The Local Government Act 1974 |
| Regional Councils (including the Auckland Regional Authority) |
1974, No. 66—The Local Government Act 1974 In the case of the Auckland Regional Authority, 1963, No. 18(Local)— The Auckland Regional Authority Act 1963 (Reprinted, 1970, Vol 3, p. 1779) |
| Town Councils | 1954, No. 76—The Municipal Corporations Act 1954 (Reprinted, 1969, Vol. 4, p. 2439) |
| United Councils | 1974, No. 66—The Local Government Act 1974 |
Part II—Classes of Local Authorities or Public Bodies in Respect of Which Commission Has Jurisdiction Only if Requested Under Section 17(1a)
| Class of Local Authority or Public Body | Enactment under which Constituted |
|---|---|
|
Catchment Boards Catchment Commissions |
1941, No. 12—The Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 (Reprinted, 1969, Vol. 4, p. 3063) |
| Domain Boards | 1953, No. 69—The Reserves and Domains Act 1953 (1957 Reprint, Vol. 13, p. 323) |
| Drainage Boards | 1908, No. 96—The Land Drainage Act 1908 (1957 Reprint, Vol. 7, p. 471) |
| Electric Power Boards (including the Crown, in any case where the Crown is the electrical supply authority within the meaning of the Electricity Act 1968 for any area included within the district of a territorial authority) | 1925, No. 38—The Electric Power Boards Act 1925 (1957 Reprint, Vol. 4, p. 441) |
| Harbour Boards | 1950, No. 34—The Harbours Act 1950 (Reprinted, 1966, Vol. 3, p. 2395) |
| Hydatids Control Authorities | 1968, No. 144—The Hydatids Act 1968 |
| Irrigation Boards | 1908, No. 96—The Land Drainage Act 1908: Part II (1957 Reprint, Vol. 7, p. 516) |
| Nassella Tussock Boards | 1946, No. 2—The Nassella Tussock Act 1946 (1957 Reprint, Vol. 10, p. 643) |
| Pest Destruction Boards | 1967, No. 147—The Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967 |
| Regional Transport Authorities | 1968, No. 39—The Ministry of Transport Act 1968 (Reprinted, 1972, Vol. 3, p. 2601) |
| Regional Water Boards | 1967, No. 135—The Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 (Reprinted, 1973, Vol. 2, p. 1703) |
| River Boards | 1908, No. 165—The River Boards Act 1908 (1957 Reprint, Vol. 13, p. 397) |
| Scenic Boards | 1953, No. 69—The Reserves and Domains Act 1953 (1957 Reprint, Vol. 13, p. 323) |
Part III—Particular Local Authorities or Public Bodies in Respect of Which Commission Has Jurisdiction Only if Requested Under Section 17(1a)
| Name of Local Authority or Public Body | Enactment under or by which Constituted |
|---|---|
| The Auckland Electric Power Board | 1921, No. 17(Local)—The Auckland Electric Power Board Act 1921–22 |
| The Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority | 1950, No. 101—The Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950 |
| The Auckland Institute and Museum Trust Board | 1908, No. 164—The Religious, Educational, and Charitable Trusts Act 1908 |
| The Canterbury Museum Trust Board | 1947, No. 3 (Local and Personal)—The Canterbury Museum Trust Board Act 1947 |
| The Christchurch Drainage Board | 1951, No. 21(Local)—The Christchurch District Drainage Act 1951 |
| The Christchurch-Lyttelton Road Tunnel Authority | 1956, No. 16—The Christchurch-Lyttelton Road Tunnel Act 1956 |
| The Christchurch Town Hall Board of Management | 1976, No. 2(Local)—The Christchurch Town Hall Board of Management Act 1976. |
| The Christchurch Transport Board | 1920, No. 15(Local)—The Christchurch Tramway District Act 1920 |
| The Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board | 1900, No. 25(Local)—The Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Act 1900 |
| The Hawke’s Bay Crematorium Board | 1944, No. 7 (Local and Personal)—The Hawke’s Bay Crematorium Act 1944 |
| The Hutt Valley Drainage Board | 1967, No. 3(Local)—The Hutt Valley Drainage Act 1967 |
| The Marlborough Forestry Corporation | 1970, No. 17(Local)—The Marlborough Forestry Corporation Act 1970 |
| The North Shore Drainage Board | 1963, No. 15(Local)—The North Shore Drainage Act 1963 |
| The Ohai Railway Board | 1932, No. 2 (Local and Personal)—The Ohai Railway Board Act 1932 |
| The Otago Museum Trust Board | 1955, No. 6(Local)—The Otago Museum Trust Board Act 1955 |
| The Rotorua Area Electricity Supply Authority | 1967, No. 160—The Electricity Distribution Commission Act 1967 |
| The Selwyn Plantation Board | 1953, No. 96—The Selwyn Plantation Board Act 1953 |
| The South Canterbury Wallaby Board | 1967, No. 147—The Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967 |
| The Waikato Valley Authority | 1956, No. 104—The Waikato Valley Authority Act 1956 |
| The Waimakariri-Ashley Water Supply Board | 1961, No. 131—The Counties Amendment Act 1961, Part IV (Reprinted, 1969, Vol 2, p. 1399) |
| The Wellington Regional Water Board | 1972, No. 3(Local)—The Wellington Regional Water Board Act 1972” |
This Act is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.