New Zealand Acts

OTAGO HARBOUR BOARD LEASING ACT 1885 - SECT 9

9 Subject to certain conditions, Board may lease foreshore for fifty years

The Board may, with the consent of the Governor in Council, but without obtaining any special Act, lease for any period not exceeding fifty years any piece of land vested in it, being on the shore of the sea, or of any creek, bay, or arm of the sea, or navigable river communicating with the sea, and so that such lease may extend as far as low-water mark:   Provided always that no lease shall be made or assented to by the Governor in Council if the Marine Engineer for the time being shall report that the granting of the same will in any way impede or disturb navigation in the harbour:     Provided also that at least twenty-one days' notice of the intention to apply for such consent of the Governor in Council shall be given by advertising the same till the day of application in each issue of a daily newspaper circulating in the City of Dunedin.