Auckland City Local Governance Statement

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Local Legislation Acts that confer powers on Auckland City Council

Local Legislation Act 1927

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 33 authorises Auckland City Council to lease a portion of the Auckland Domain to the Auckland Bowling Club.
• Section 38 authorised Auckland City Council to return Symonds Street Cemetery to the Hebrew community.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 33 specifies that the lease must be for a term or terms not exceeding twenty-one years.

Local Legislation Act 1929

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 30 authorises Mount Eden Borough Council to grant a lease to the Mount Eden Bowling Club.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 30(1) specifies that the lease authorised is for a term of twenty-one years, with a right of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, upon such terms as may be specified or approved by the Governor-General.

Local Legislation Act 1954

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 25 provides for the purchase of Matiatia Wharf by the Western Waiheke Road Board.
• Section 36 authorised the Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Board to transfer Motukorea Island to Auckland City Corporation to enable the island to be set aside as a public reserve.

Principal restrictions on functions

• None.

Local Legislation Act 1955

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 19 provides for the leasing of certain lands by the Auckland City Council.
• Section 19(2) empowered the council to lease the land to Northern Automobile Limited, but only until 1994.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 19(1) provides that the council should hold the lands as and for an endowment for the benefit of the inhabitants of the City of Auckland and not for any special purpose that the council should have.

Local Legislation Act 1956

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 42 provides for certain leases granted to Auckland City Corporation by the Auckland Harbour Board.
• Section 42(5) specifies that the Board and the Corporation are authorised and empowered to vary the terms of the lease.

Principal restrictions on functions

• None.

Local Legislation Act 1959

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 18(1) empowers Auckland City Council to grant leases of all or any parts of the land described in Section 18(3).
• Section 40 authorised Auckland City Council to enter into an agreement with the Minister of Works with respect to Mangere Airport.
• Section 40(1) provides for the council and any other local authority to enter into a subsidiary agreement relating to Mangere Airport.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 40(2) outlines what the subsidiary agreement could provide for.

Local Legislation Act 1961

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 23 provides for the vesting of Smith Street in Auckland as an estate in fee simple, to adjoin other land vested in the Corporation as an endowment for the improvement and benefit of the City of Auckland.
• Section 23(2) empowers the Corporation to lease the land.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 23 provides that the vested land shall be held as an endowment for the improvement and benefit of the City of Auckland.

Local Legislation Act 1962

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 22 authorised the Mount Albert Borough Council to enclose and lease certain land.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 22 provides that all money received by the Borough Council by way of rent under the lease shall be paid into the general funds of the council.

Local Legislation Act 1963

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 7 empowers Auckland City Corporation to deal with and apply the proceeds of the taking of various areas of land Grafton Road and Wynyard and d'Urville Streets. The Corporation will have powers of leasing and disposition, as well as the power of demolishing or erecting any buildings on any land pursuant to this section.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 7 provides that the net proceeds of the money received by the Corporation by way of compensation shall be paid into the Auckland Trust Account, and shall be applied in or towards the cost of purchasing or otherwise acquiring land or the improvement of land.

Local Legislation Act 1965

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 19 declared certain areas of endowment land to be a street vested in the council.

Principal restrictions on functions

• None.

Local Legislation Act 1966

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 24 authorises the Corporation of Auckland City to let or lease the Town Hall building. The Corporation shall have all such powers of leasing and disposition as it has under the provisions of the Acts listed in the section, as well as the powers set out in respect of its general and ordinary endowments.

Principal restrictions on functions

• None.

Local Legislation Act 1972

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 25 provided that an area of land owned in fee simple by Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company Limited shall be dedicated as a street and vested in the council.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 25 provides that the land will revest to the owner if the land ceases to form part of St Lukes Road Regional Road.

Local Legislation Act 1978

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 6 authorised the One Tree Hill Borough Council to apply the proceeds from the sale of Lot 30 DP 4384, to the purchase of land and the development of buildings.

Principal restrictions on functions

• Section 6 provides that the proceeds will apply only to the purchase of land and the development of buildings associated with the Borough Council's activities or for either of these purposes.

Local Legislation Act 1979

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 4 validates an illegal agreement and authorises the lease of land to the University of Auckland as a medical centre.

Principal restrictions on functions

• None.

Local Legislation Act 1985

Principal powers conveyed

• Section 2 authorised the Auckland Harbour Board to lease the Ferry Building, at such rent and upon terms it considers fit and without offering it for public application or ballot, or selling it by public auction or tender.

Principal restrictions on functions

• None.

Updated July 2008