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Harbours Amendment Act 1981

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Governor-General may constitute public body to have control of waters

Governor-General may constitute public body to have control of foreshore or bed of lake

Harbours Amendment Act 1981

Public Act		1981 No 72
Date of assent		22 October 1981

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Governor-General may constitute public body to have control of waters
3	Governor-General may constitute public body to have control of foreshore or bed of lake
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Harbours Act 1950

BE IT 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 Harbours Amendment Act 1981, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Harbours Act 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Governor-General may constitute public body to have control of waters

Section 8a of the principal Act (as inserted by section 6 of the Harbours Amendment Act 1961) is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:

“(13)

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council,—

“(a)

Declare that any committee representing 2 or more public bodies (as defined in subsection (12) of this section) is a public body within the meaning of this section; and

“(b)

Specify the membership of the committee, or the manner in which the membership of the committee is to be determined; and

“(c)

Specify the district of that committee for the purposes of this section; and

“(d)

Notwithstanding anything in this section or section 232a of this Act, specify the manner in which the committee may exercise its powers as a public body under this section, including the power to make bylaws.”

3 Governor-General may constitute public body to have control of foreshore or bed of lake

Section 165 of the principal Act (as substituted by section 9(1) of the Harbours Amendment Act 1961) is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (10), the following subsection:

“(10a)

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council,—

“(a)

Declare that any committee representing 2 or more public bodies (as defined in subsection (10) of this section) is a public body within the meaning of this section: and

“(b)

Specify the membership of the committee, or the manner in which the membership of the committee is to be determined; and

“(c)

Notwithstanding anything in this section or in section 232a of this Act, specify the manner in which the committee may exercise its powers as a public body under this section, including the power to make bylaws.”

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Transport.

Harbours Amendment Act 1981