The Short Title of this Act is “The Wellington Electric Lighting Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1899.”

This Act shall be read with and form part of “The Wellington Electric Lighting Act, 1891” (hereinafter called “the principal Act”), and shall be deemed to be a special Act within the meaning of the principal Act.

In addition to the area mentioned in the First Schedule of the principal Act, the area of supply shall be such part or parts of the respective areas which are now or may at any time hereafter be comprised in the boundaries of the respective Boroughs of Melrose, Onslow, and Karori, and the Road District of Seatoun, as shall from time to time be agreed upon in writing under seal between the said New Zealand Electrical Syndicate (Limited) and the local authority having jurisdiction over such part or parts and the Board of Control; and the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate (Limited) and each such local authority are hereby expressly authorised and empowered from time to time to enter into any such agreement for the purpose of including in the area of supply any portion or portions of the borough under the control of such local authority, and it is hereby expressly declared that no such agreement shall have any force or effect until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the Corporation of the City of Wellington: Provided that such consent shall not be arbitrarily, or without some reasonable cause affecting the interests of the Corporation of the City of Wellington, withheld.

Such part or parts of the said respective areas shall form part of the area of supply only during such period and subject to such provisions (if any) as to the following matters, being the same matters as are referred to under the same headings in the principal Act, that is to say—(a) nature and mode of supply, (b) works, (c) compulsory works, (d) supply, (e) price, (f) electric inspectors, (g) testing and inspection, (h) meters, (i) maps, (j) notices, (k) revocation of this Act, (l) purchases, and (m) general, and as to any other matters and things which may be agreed upon between the said syndicate and the local authority as shall in such writing be set forth and be agreed to by the Board of Control; and the provisions (if any) in respect of any such matters shall be in substitution of the provisions in respect of the same matters contained in the principal Act.

Failing provisions in respect of any such matters, then the provisions of the principal Act shall, mutatis mutandis, and in so far as the same are applicable, and, where expressly modified in such writing, then subject to such modification, apply to the extended area or areas so agreed upon.

Failing any such agreement as mentioned in subsection one of this section, the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate (Limited) shall not be entitled or required to supply energy over any part of the area within the jurisdiction of any local authority which shall have so failed to agree.

A copy of every agreement made between the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate (Limited) and any local authority and the Board of Control shall be deposited at the office of the local authority and of the Board of Control; and notice that such agreement has been previously made, and that a copy thereof is open for inspection, shall be advertised in some newspaper published in the City of Wellington at least once in each of four consecutive weeks after such deposit.

Nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to prevent the local authority from supplying electrical or other lighting or energy within the area within the jurisdiction of such local authority, or from entering into any contract engagement with any other company or persons authorising the supply by them of electrical or other lighting or energy within the borough.

All and every the powers and authorities conferred by this Act upon the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate (Limited) shall cease within the area within the jurisdiction of any local authority if no agreement hereunder is come to under subsection one of section three hereof with such local authority within four years from the date of the passing of this Act.