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Christchurch City Empowering Act 1939

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Lands of the Corporation used for purposes of housing aged persons to be exempt from liability for rates.

Schedule

Christchurch City Empowering Act 1939

Local Act		1939 No 3
Date of assent		8 September 1939

	Title
	Preamble.
1	Short Title.
2	Interpretation.
3	Lands of the Corporation used for purposes of housing aged persons to be exempt from liability for rates.
	Schedule

An Act exempting from Liability for Rates Lands in the City of Christchurch used by the Christchurch City Council for housing Aged Persons.

Preamble.

WHEREAS the Christchurch City Council (hereinafter called the Council) has, in accordance with authority vested in it by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, acquired or set aside certain lands described in the Schedule to this Act for the purpose of housing aged persons: And whereas the Council hereafter from time to time may acquire or set aside other lands in the City of Christchurch for the same purpose: And whereas the Council is desirous that the lands described in the Schedule to this Act and any lands in the City of Christchurch hereafter acquired or set aside for the same purpose shall not be deemed to be rateable property within the meaning of the Rating Act, 1925:

Be it therefore 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 Christchurch City Empowering Act, 1939.

2 Interpretation.

In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the term “aged person” means any person who is in receipt of an age-benefit under the Social Security Act, 1938, or to whom an age-benefit would be granted if application were made.

3 Lands of the Corporation used for purposes of housing aged persons to be exempt from liability for rates.

(1)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Rating Act, 1925, or in any other Act, during such time as the lands described in the Schedule to this Act or any other lands in the City of Christchurch at any time or times hereafter acquired or set aside by the Council are owned and used by the Council for the purpose of housing aged persons, no rates shall be made or levied in respect of any lands within the City of Christchurch for the time being used by the Council for that purpose, or in respect of any interest therein, by the Council or by any other local authority now or at any time hereafter having power to make or levy rates of any description on the lands.

(2)

The Council shall remit all rates (if any) due or payable in respect of lands described in the Schedule to this Act by any person having any interest therein.

Schedule

All that piece or parcel of land containing 1 acre 2 roods 28·7 perches, being part of Rural Section 154, and all the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 456, folio 144, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the north-eastern corner of Lot 2, Deposited Plan 9265; thence in a north-easterly direction bearing 2° 21′ for a distance of 1754 links; thence in a north-easterly direction bearing 89° 50′ 55″ for a distance of 213·7 links; thence in a north-easterly direction bearing 50° 45′ 30″ for a distance of 143·31 links; thence in a south-easterly direction bearing 140° 41′ for a distance of 350 links; thence in a south-westerly direction bearing 230° 45′ 30″ for a distance of 426·16 links; thence in a north-westerly direction bearing 320° 45′ 30″ for a distance of 353·6 links back to the commencing-point: all the aforesaid dimensions a little more or less.

All that piece or parcel of land containing 2 roods 7·4 perches, being part of Rural Section 239, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 155, folio 295, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the north-western corner of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 155, folio 295; thence in an easterly direction bearing 89° 56′ 45″ for a distance of 583·64 links; thence in a southerly direction bearing 178° 30′ 30″ for a distance of 92·4 links; thence in a westerly direction bearing 269° 43′ 30″ for a distance of 583·64 links to Johnson Street; thence in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of Johnson Street for a distance of 94·66 links to the commencing-point: all the aforesaid dimensions a little more or less.

Christchurch City Empowering Act 1939