✨ Gold Fields Act Delegation Order
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XVI.] MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1867. [No. 6.
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland,
31st January, 1867.
The following order in Council is republished for general information.
FREDK. WHITAKER,
Superintendent.
G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington,
the tenth day of January, 1867.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time to delegate to the Superintendent of any Province, or to such other person as the Governor may deem fit, all or any of the powers vested in the Governor or the Governor in Council by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections twenty-two, forty, forty-eight, sixty, ninety-six, and one hundred and seven thereof, subject or not to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit, and in like manner to alter or revoke any such powers.
And whereas it is further provided that whenever the Governor shall have delegated to the Superintendent of any Province all or any of the aforesaid powers, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council, to appoint and declare that all costs, charges, and expenses, incident to the management and administration of the Gold Fields within such Province shall be regulated by Acts or Ordinances to be passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of such Province.
And whereas by instruments in writing, bearing date the twelfth day of October, 1866, issued under the seal of the Colony, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, and in exercise of the before-recited power, hath delegated to the various Superintendents of the Provinces in the said Colony all the aforesaid powers, excepting those before recited to be excepted, to hold and exercise the said powers within the Provinces aforesaid.
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority for this purpose by the said Act conferred, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, appoint and declare that all the costs, charges, and expenses, incident to the management and administration of the Gold Fields within the aforesaid Provinces, shall be regulated by Acts to be passed by the Superintendents and Provincial Councils thereof.
Foster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1867, No 6
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🏛️ Delegation of Gold Fields Act Powers to Provincial Superintendents
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration10 January 1867
Gold Fields Act, Delegation, Provincial Superintendents, Costs, Administration
- FREDK. WHITAKER, Superintendent
- G. GREY, Governor
- Foster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council