Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 16

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✨ Provincial Land Taking Rules



PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.

New Zealand Government Gazette.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. XIX. NEW PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1871. [No. 16.

[From the New Zealand Gazette.]

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, the eleventh day of May, 1871.

Present :

THE HONORABLE THE PRIME MINISTER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Provincial Compulsory Land Taking Act, 1866,” it is enacted that Standing Rules and Orders shall be prepared and adopted by every Provincial Council, regulating the proceedings on Bills authorizing the taking of land compulsorily, but that the same shall have no force or effect until they have been approved of by the Governor in Council, and been published in the New Zealand Gazette: And whereas the Standing Rules and Orders contained in the Schedule hereto have been prepared and adopted by the Provincial Council of the Province of Taranaki, and it is expedient that effect should be given to the same:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby approve of the Rules and Orders contained in the Schedule hereto, as adopted by the said Provincial Council of Taranaki, for regulating the proceedings in the said Council on Bills authorizing the taking of land compulsorily.

WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

STANDING RULES and ORDERS of the PROVINCIAL COUNCIL of TARANAKI, for regulating the Proceedings on Bills for the compulsory Purchase of Land under “The Provincial Compulsory Land Taking Act, 1866.”

  1. There shall be a Committee of the Council, to consist of the Chairman of Committee and four other members to be nominated by the Provincial Council each Session, whose duty shall be to consider and report respecting every Bill that shall be referred to them.

  2. Every Bill, after it shall have been read a first time, shall be referred to such Committee.

  3. Compliance with the Standing Orders following, numbered from 4 to 11 inclusive, shall be proved before such Committee.

  4. A notice shall be given of every Bill, which shall state shortly the nature of the intended work or undertaking, and



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🗺️ Approval of Provincial Compulsory Land Taking Rules

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
11 May 1871
Land acquisition, Provincial Council, Taranaki, Standing Rules
  • G. F. Bowen, Governor
  • William Fox, Prime Minister
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council