This Act may be cited as the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1912, and shall form part of and be read together with the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

The Board, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section forty-six and by paragraph (c) of section thirty-three of the principal Act, may enter into a contract for the purchase of lands, tenements, and hereditaments, upon terms providing for payment of the whole or of part or parts of the purchase-moneys at a future date or dates, and for payment of interest upon any unpaid purchase-moneys at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum:

Provided that—

The Council of any county may, out of the County Fund, acquire land for recreation purposes.

Land so acquired shall be vested in His Majesty, and shall be a public domain as defined in the principal Act.

The County Council shall, for the purposes of such acquisition, and of the management and administration of such land, until the appointment of a Domain Board to control the domain, have all the powers conferred upon a Domain Board by the principal Act and by this Act.

The County Council may, out of the County Fund, provide for the management and administration of such land, both before and after the appointment of a Domain Board to control the domain.