New Zealand Gazette – 1854 – No. 35

Page 231

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AN ACT for regulating the management of certain Lands Title.
reserved for public purposes in the several Provinces of
New Zealand.

(Assented to 14th September, 1854.)

WHEREAS in the several Provinces of New Zealand, Lands have Preamble.
been heretofore and may hereafter be reserved for various pur-
poses of Public Utility, the legal title whereto is vested in Her Ma-
jesty. And Whereas it is expedient to establish in each of the
said Provinces a system of local managemement of such of the said
Lands as are, or may be held for purposes of local concern.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand as
follows:

  1. It shall be lawful for the Governor of New Zealand with Governor may grant
    the advice of his Executive Council, at any time and from time to to Superintendents
    time after the passing of this Act, in the name and on the behalf Her Majesty's inter-
    of Her Majesty, to grant to the Superintendent of each Province in ests in Demesne
    New Zealand and his Successors, all such estate and interest as Her Lands.
    Majesty now hath or may have in all or any of the lands within
    such Province, forming part of the Demesne Lands of the Crown,
    which shall have been at any time heretofore and now are or may
    hereafter be reserved or set apart for purposes of Public Utility
    within the said Province, except such of the said Lands as shall
    have been and now are or may hereafter be reserved for purposes of
    Military Defence, the service of any Office or Department of the
    General Government, or for the benefit of the Native Inhabitants of
    said Colony.

  2. It shall be lawful for the Governor of the said Colony with Also in Lands claimed
    the advice of his Executive Council to grant and dispose of any from the sea. &c.
    Land reclaimed from the sea, and of any land below high-water
    mark in any harbour, arm, or creek of the sea, or in any navigable
    river or on the sea coast within the said Colony, either to the Su-
    perintendent of the Province and his Successors, in or to which such
    land is situate or adjacent, or in such other manner to such other
    persons and upon such terms as shall be thought fit. Provided al-
    ways that every such grant or disposition within any Province,
    other than to the Superintendent thereof, shall be made in pursuance
    of a joint recommendation by the Superintendent of such Province
    and of the Provincial Council thereof. Provided also that nothing
    herein contained shall prejudice the rights of persons claiming
    water frontage.

  3. Every such grant shall be sealed with the Public Seal of Such grant to be
    the Colony and shall be valid and effectual as against Her Majesty, valid against Her
    Her Heirs, and Successors, and shall have the same force and effect as Majesty, Her Heirs
    a direct grant from the Crown, and for the purposes of registration and Successors.



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🏛️ An Act for regulating the management of certain Lands reserved for public purposes in the several Provinces of New Zealand.

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
14 September 1854
Legislation, Public Lands, Provincial Management, Governor, Superintendent, Crown Lands, 1854