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1905. NEW ZEALAND.

"THE STATUTES COMPILATION ACT, 1902." MEMORANDUM BY THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL ON THE COMPILATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS ACTS.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Act.

MEMOEANDUM.

Pursuant to section 2 of "The Statutes Compilation Act Amendment Act, 1903," the SolicitorGeneral submits the following memorandum directing attention to the consequential and other alterations in, additions to, and omissions from the text of the Acts compiled, with a statement where necessary of the reasons therefor : — " The Public Works Act, 1894," No. 42 :— Section 2 : Effect has been given to the various amending sections noted in the margin of the section. "Compiled Acts" is defined. "City Council" is inserted in the definition of " Local authority." In this section and elsewhere throughout the compiled Acts references to " Her Majesty " are altered to references to " His Majesty." Section 10: Effect is given to section 3 of the Act of 1900. Section 11 omitted (repealed by section 13 of the Act of 1903). Section 13: Subsection (3) of the Act is divided into subclauses (3) and (4) of the compilation, and in subclause (5) "the last preceding subsection" is consequentially altered to " subsection three hereof." Section 21: " Any of the compiled Acts or under any Act thereby repealed "is substituted for " Act hereby repealed." Section 23 : Subclause (5) is inserted to give effect to section 11 of the Act of 1904, No. 33. Section 36 : " Any of the compiled Acts or any Act thereby repealed " is substituted for " Act repealed by this Act." In subsection (2) " this Act " is altered to " The Public Works Act, 1894," and slight verbal alterations are made. Section 60 : Effect is given to section 4 of the Act of 1900, and the section is recast to secure accuracy of expression without affecting the meaning. Section 85 : Effect is given to section 5 of the Act of 1900, and the section is slightly recast but without affecting the meaning; "or transferred " is omitted from the proviso as unnecessary. Section 88 : " The following provisions shall apply " is added at end of second line. Section 90: "The following provisions shall apply" is added at the end of third line, and the last part of paragraph (4), relating to interest, has been recast. Section 91: In paragraph (1) "formerly" is substituted for "heretofore," and "or any Act passed in amendment thereof or substitution therefor " is added at end of that paragraph to accord with the same words in section 94, (a). Section 92 : " Or by ' The Native Land Court Act, 1894,' " is inserted in third line after " Act, 1886." Section 99: Subclause (2) is inserted to save the repealing provisions of section 433 of " The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900," and at the same time to prevent those provisions raising the presumption that sections which are not so repealed do apply to boroughs. Section 100 : Paragraph (4) is altered to give effect to section 7 of the Act of 1903. Section 102 : Effect is given to section 6 of the Act of 1900 and section 8 of the Act of 1903. In subsection (1) " not a Government road " is substituted for " a district or county road," and subsection (4) is recast to give effect to such sections. The new term " town district road " is used to distinguish the roads which are placed under the control of a Town Board. Section 103 : " Except within the limits of a borough " is omitted as unnecessary, and slight verbal alterations are made in paragraphs (1) and (2).

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