The Short Title of this Act is “The Christchurch District Drainage Act 1875 Amendment Act, 1902.” It shall form part of and be read together with “The Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1875” (hereinafter called “the principal Act”).

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

So much of the First Schedule to the principal Act as refers to the boundaries of the Avon and Heathcote Districts is hereby amended as follows:—

All those several areas included within the boundaries of the St Albans and Linwood Districts are hereby constituted separate districts, the persons on the district electors’ roll of each of which districts shall be entitled to elect one person to represent each of the said districts on the Board; and the said St. Albans and Linwood Districts, and the portions of the aforesaid Avon and Heathcote Districts which shall be without the boundaries of the St. Albans and Linwood Districts, shall be deemed to be districts under the provisions of the principal Act and of this Act, and in all respects as if the descriptions of the boundaries thereof were included in the First Schedule of the principal Act.

Section three of “The Christchurch District Drainage Act 1875 Amendment Act, 1880,” is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is enacted as follows:—

The repeal of section three of “The Christchurch District Drainage Act 1875 Amendment Act, 1880,” shall not in any way affect or be deemed to affect the rights, powers, privileges, or status of the Board, or of the members of the Board, existing at the time this Act comes into operation; and such Board may and can, after and notwithstanding the passing of this Act, carry on, complete, and execute all suits and proceedings at law or in equity, and all matters and things whatsoever initiated, begun, or contracted for before the passing of this Act; and such members shall continue and be members of the Board for the full term of time, and for the same districts, for which they were respectively elected members before the passing of this Act, notwithstanding any alteration made in such districts by this amending Act, as if the said section had not been repealed.

The first member of the Board for the St. Albans District shall be a person on the district electors’ roll of the Borough of St. Albans at the time of such election, and the first member of the Board for the Linwood District shall be a person on the district electors’ roll of the Borough of Linwood at the time of such election; and such elections shall be held forthwith after the passing of this Act, and shall be made and carried out in the manner provided in the principal Act for the election of a member to fill any casual vacancy occurring in the Board. And the electors of such first member of the Board for each such district shall be all and every person or persons whose name or names shall appear on the district electors’ rolls of the Boroughs of St. Albans and Linwood respectively; and the members so elected for each of such districts shall hold office until the second Tuesday in January, one thousand nine hundred and six, and shall then vacate office as such members of the Board; and all such subsequent elections of members of the Board for each of such districts shall be under and by virtue of the provisions of the principal Acts relating to members of the Board.

Section six of the principal Act is hereby amended and shall be read as if the word “second” had been inserted between the words “the” and “Tuesday” in the fifth line of section six, in lieu of the word “first” as it occurs in such section.

Section ten of “The Christchurch District Drainage Act 1875 Amendment Act, 1900,” shall be read and construed as if the word “special” where it occurs in the said section had been omitted therefrom.

Notwithstanding anything contained in “The Christchurch District Drainage Act 1875 Amendment Act, 1876,” or any other Act, the Christchurch Drainage Board may invest its sinking funds in such securities as defined in “The Trustee Act, 1883,” or any amendment thereof.