This Act may be cited as the Hamilton Domains Amendment Act, 1922, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Hamilton Domains Act, 1911 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

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

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Governor- General may, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, grant leases of all or any of the domain lands in the Borough of Hamilton upon the special terms and conditions following:—

Any lease may also contain such other provisions, not inconsistent with this Act or the principal Act or any other Act for the time being in force relating to the domain lands, as the Governor- General thinks fit.

Before any lands are offered for lease under the special provisions of this Act the Board shall obtain the consent of the Council to the proposal that the lands be so disposed of.

Every such consent shall be in writing under the hand of the Town Clerk, and may relate to one or more parcels of domain land, and shall state the minimum rent to be reserved in respect of each such parcel of land.

Any such consent may be revoked by the Council, by notice in writing under the hand of the Town Clerk, at any time before the land to which it relates is actually offered for lease. No such consent in respect of any parcel of land shall relate to more than one term of lease, but on the expiration or termination of any such lease the land comprised therein may be again disposed of by way of lease under this Act, and so on from time to time.

The leasing-powers conferred on the Governor-General by this Act with respect to domain lands shall be in addition to any other powers of leasing conferred with respect to such lands by the principal Act or the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, or any other Act.

The Board shall pay into the District Fund of the Borough of Hamilton, as part of the ordinary revenue of the Council, one-half of all rents received in respect of any land leased under the special provisions of this Act; and such payments shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, or any other Act, be accepted by the Council in full payment and satisfaction of all rates (other than water rates) payable in respect of such land during the currency of the lease.

The District Land Registrar for the Land Registration District of Auckland shall, on the request in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, issue a certificate of title under the Land Transfer Act, 1915, in the name of His Majesty the King, in respect of any lands situated within the Borough of Hamilton and for the time being subject to the provisions of Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, subject to all encumbrances, estates, and interests affecting such lands at the date of the issue of the certificate.

The First Schedule to the principal Act is hereby extended by incorporating therein a reference to the lands mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, and those lands may be dealt with accordingly in the manner prescribed by section two of the principal Act.

The Second Schedule to the principal Act is hereby consequentially amended by omitting therefrom all references to any of the lands referred to in the Schedule to this Act.