1 GEO. V.]
River Boards Amendment.
[1910, No. 23.
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New Zealand.
ANALYSIS.
Title.
1. Short Title.
2. River Boards ma.y purohase lands liable to be
injuriously a.ffeoted by river-works.
S. Rating Aot to apply to rates levied by River
Boards.
4. Audi t Offioe to oertify to ba.lanoe-sheet, &0.
5. Seotion 115 of prinoipal Aot amended.
6. Finanoial arrangements on abolition of dis.
triot. Sa.ving.
7. Misoellaneous amendments of prinoipa.l Aot.
Sobedule.
1910, No. 23.
AN ACT to amend the River Boards Aot, 1908.
Title.
[end November, 1910.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand
in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows :1. This Aot may be oited as the River Boards Amendment Aot, Short Title.
1910, and shall form part of and be read together with the River
Boards Aot, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the prinoipal Aot).
2. In addition to the powers conferred by section seventy-four River Boards may
of the principal Act, a Ri ver Board may purchase or otherwise liub~b,:ebla.nds
acquire (but not by oompulsory taking) any land which is in danger mi~ousl; a.ffeoted
of being or is injuriously affeoted by any works or operations under- by river-works.
taken or intended to be undertaken by that Board, and the Board
may dispose of or otherwise deal with that land or any part thereof
as it thinks fit.
3. The provisions of the Rating Aot, 1908, shall, so far as Rating Aot to apply
applioable, apply to the making and levying of rates under the :. ra.t~ev~d by
prinoipal Aot.
lver a.r.
4. Seotion one hundred and fourteen of the prinoipal Aot is Audit Offioe to
hereby amended by adding thereto the following subseotion : ba.~~~et.~heet &0
" (3.) rrhe Audit Offioe shall examine such yearly balance-sheet
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and statement, and oertify to the correotness thereof, either wholly
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or with suoh exoeptions as it thinks fit, and shall send the same to
the Board on or before the thirtieth day of April."
5. Seotion one hundred and fifteen of the prinoipal Aot is Seotion 115 of
hereby amended by inserting, after the word" aocount," the words tIoDlsnded.
prinoipa.l Aot
" together with the oertificate of the Audit Offioe."
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Fina.ncial
a.rrangements
on abclition of
diRtrict.
6. (1.) Where a river district is abolished, the Audit Office! or
such person as the Governor may appoint, shall hold an inquiry and
make an award apportioning the property of the Board, and the
debts, liabilities, and engagements thereof, amongst the boroughs,
counties, road districts, and town districts, or portions thereof respecti vely in the district so abolished.
(2.) Any such award may provide for all or any of the matters
included in the subject for inquiry, and may declare in whom any
property shall be vested, and by whom any moneys shall be paid,
including the payment of the whole or any part of the expenses of
the inquiry; and the person making the award may make and give
such directions generally as may be necessary for giving full effect to
the objects of the inquiry.
(3.) Every such award shall be final, and shall from the date
thereof have the operation of and be enforceable as ajudgment of the
Supreme Court.
(4.) NQthing in this section shall in any way affect the rights or
interests of any bondholder or other creditor of the Board, or shall
relieve the ratepayers for the time being in the area comprised in the
river district from their liability to pay any special rate made under
the principal Act as a security for any loan.
7. The principal Act is hereby amended in manner indicated
in the Schedule hereto.
Sa.ving.
Miscella.neous
amendments
of principa.i Aot.
River Boards Amendment.
Schedule.
SCHEDULE.
MISOELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS OF PRINOLPAL AOT.
Number of Section.
Section 6
Section 14
Section 87
Section 88
Section 92
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Nature and Extent of Amendment .
... i By
omitting the word" two-thirds," and substituting the word
" one-fourth."
By omitting the word "two-thirds," and substituting the word
"one-fourth. "
By omitting the words .. by special order" where those words
first occur in subsection one, and again in subsection three;
and by omitting the words" special order" in subsection four,
and substituting the word" direction."
By omitting the words .. by special order" in subsection one; and
by repealing subsection two thereof.
By omitting the words "When any special order making or
levying any rate is made by the Board of any district," and
substituting the words " When any rate is made and levied by
the Board of any district under the foregoing provisions of
this Act."
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