Government Orders and Regulations




  1. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 52
    Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting
    by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
    of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following
    resolution passed by the Dunedin City Council on the
    thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, viz:—
    “ That the Dunedin City Council, being the local authority
    having control of the streets in the City of Dunedin, by
    resolution declares that the provisions of section one
    hundred and twenty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1928,
    shall not apply to portion of the western side of Laing
    Street, in the said City of Dunedin, where such portion of
    street abuts on part of Section 19, Block VI, Town District,
    as the said portion of street is more particularly shown on
    the plan annexed hereto, and is thereon coloured brown and
    edged with red to its centre-line”;
    subject to the condition that no building or part of a building
    shall at any time be erected on the land fronting the western
    side of the portion of Laing Street (described in the Schedule
    hereto) within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said portion of street.
    SCHEDULE.
    THE western side of all that portion of street situated in the
    Otago Land District, City of Dunedin, known as Laing Street,
    fronting part Section 19, Block VI, Town District. As the
    said portion of street is more particularly delineated on the
    plan marked P.W.D. 81995, deposited in the office of the
    Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured
    brown and edged red.
    F. D. THOMSON,
    Clerk of the Executive Council.
    (P.W. 51/1640)
    Vesting Reserves in the Oamaru Borough Council.
    IBLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
    ORDER IN COUNCIL.
    At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of
    July, 1931.
    Present:
    His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
    WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto
    have been duly set apart for public utility purposes:
    And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is
    expedient to vest the said reserves in the Mayor, Councillors,
    and Burgesses of the Borough of Oamaru:
    Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
    the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
    and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
    and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon
    him by section nine of the Public Reserves, Domains, and
    National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby declare that, from and
    after the day of the date hereof, the reserves described in the
    Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors,
    and Burgesses of the Borough of Oamaru, in trust, for public
    utility purposes.
    SCHEDULE.
    ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
    admeasurement 1 rood 4 perches, more or less, being Section
    21, Block XI, Town of Oamaru, and bounded as follows:
    Towards the north-west by Section 22, 136 links; towards
    the north-east by Section 20, 250 links; towards the south-east by Humber Street, 84 links; and towards the south-west by Exe Street, 255 links.
    Also, all that area in the Otago Land District, containing
    by admeasurement 36 perches, more or less, being Section
    27, Block XXV, Town of Oamaru, and bounded as follows:
    Towards the north-west by Reed Street, 64 links; towards
    the north-east by Sections 28 and 29, 144 links, and by
    Section 7, 109 links; towards the south-east by Section 8,
    100 links; and towards the south-west by Section 26, 250 links.
    Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same
    are more particularly shown on plan marked L. and S.
    6/1/397A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands
    and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
    F. D. THOMSON,
    Clerk of the Executive Council.
    (L. and S. 6/1/397.)
    Regulations under the Government Railways Acts.
    WHEREAS the Government Railways Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) was constituted by the
    Government Railways Amendment Act, 1931:
    And whereas it is provided by section twenty-nine of the said
    Act as follows: “All acts of authority of any nature by the
    Governor-General, the Minister, or the General Manager before
    the commencement of this Act in exercise or performance of
    powers, duties, or functions by this Act conferred or imposed
    on the Board shall, in so far as the same are subsisting at the
    commencement of this Act, enure for all the purposes of the
    principal Act, as amended by this Act, in all respects as if
    they were, and where necessary the same shall be deemed to
    be, acts of authority by the Board”:
    And whereas by virtue of that section the regulations
    mentioned in the First Schedule hereto are enuring for all the
    purposes of the Government Railways Act, 1926 (hereinafter
    called “the principal Act”) and its amendments, in all respects
    as if they had been made by the Board:
    Now, therefore, the Board, being satisfied that the said
    regulations are necessary subject to certain modifications,
    hereby resolves:—
    (1) To adopt the said regulations as from the commencement
    of the Government Railways Amendment Act,
    1931, and to amend the same in the manner set forth
    in the Second Schedule hereto:
    (2) To make the regulation set forth in the Third Schedule
    hereto.
    And it is hereby further resolved that the regulation set
    forth in the Third Schedule hereto shall be deemed to have
    come into force on the 1st day of June, 1931, on which date
    the amendments set forth in the Second Schedule hereto
    shall be deemed to have taken effect.
    FIRST SCHEDULE.
    (1) THE regulations made under the Government Railways
    Act, 1908, on the 12th day of June, 1922, and published in
    the Gazette of the 15th day of June, 1922, as from time to time
    amended and as the same are enuring under the principal Act.
    (2) The regulations made under the principal Act on the
    21st day of January, 1930, and published in the Gazette of the
    30th day of January, 1930, as amended by the regulations
    made under the principal Act on the 13th day of May, 1930,
    and published in the Gazette on the 22nd day of May, 1930.
    SECOND SCHEDULE.
    (1) THE regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) of the First
    Schedule hereto are hereby amended in the manner following,
    that is to say:—
    By omitting from Regulation 181 the words “Permanent
    Head,” and substituting the words “Government Railways Board.”
    (2) The regulations mentioned in paragraph (2) of the
    First Schedule hereto are hereby amended in the manner
    following, that it to say:—
    By omitting from Regulation 7 in the Second Schedule to
    the said regulations the sign and figures “£765,” and
    substituting therefor the sign and figures “£700.”
    THIRD SCHEDULE.
    ALL references to the Minister in the regulations mentioned
    in the First Schedule hereto shall be read as references to the
    Board, and all references therein to the Permanent Head
    shall, save as provided in the Second Schedule hereto, be read
    as references to the General Manager.
    Dated this 17th day of June, 1931.
    The official seal of the Government Railways Board was hereto affixed in the presence of:—
    J. J. ESSON, Chairman.
    In pursuance of the provisions of the Government Railways Act, 1926, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
    Dominion of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of
    the Executive Council of the said Dominion, approves the
    foregoing resolutions.
    BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
    Approved in Council, this 6th day of July, 1931.
    F. D. THOMSON,
    Clerk of the Executive Council.


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🏗️ The Western Side of Portion of Laing Street, in the City of Dunedin, exempted from the Provisions of Section 128 of the Public Works Act, 1928, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
6 July 1931
Public Works Act, Exemption, Laing Street, Dunedin
  • F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council

🗺️ Vesting Reserves in the Oamaru Borough Council

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
6 July 1931
Public Reserves, Vesting, Oamaru Borough Council
  • F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council

🚂 Regulations under the Government Railways Acts

🚂 Transport & Communications
6 July 1931
Government Railways, Regulations, Amendments
  • J. J. Esson, Chairman of the Government Railways Board
  • F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council