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Resource Management Act 1991

Schedule 9: Special Acts under which local authorities and other public bodies exercise functions, powers, and duties

You could also call this:

“Laws giving local councils and public groups special powers in different parts of New Zealand”

This schedule lists special laws that give local authorities and other public bodies certain powers and responsibilities. These laws are about different things in different parts of New Zealand.

Some of the laws are about managing water. For example, there are laws about drainage in places like Christchurch and Ellesmere. Other laws are about water supply, like in Dunedin and the North Shore of Auckland.

There are also laws about rivers and lakes. For instance, there are laws about the Wanganui River, Lake Wanaka, and the Taieri River. These laws help local authorities look after these important water bodies.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > Conservation

Environment and resources > Town planning

Government and voting > Local councils

Schedule 8: Enactments amended, or

“List of laws and rules changed by the Resource Management Act 1991”

Schedule 10: Requirements for instruments creating esplanade strips and access strips, or

“Rules for creating and using special strips of land along waterways and for public access”

9Special Acts under which local authorities and other public bodies exercise functions, powers, and duties

Ashley River Improvement Act 1925 (1925 No 41)

Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Act 1944 (1944 No 8 (L))

Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Act 1960 (1960 No 15 (L))

Christchurch District Drainage Act 1951 (1951 No 21 (L))

Dunedin Waterworks Extension Act 1875 (1875 No 5 (P))

Dunedin Waterworks Extension Act 1930 (1930 No 7 (L))

Dunedin Waterworks (Silverstream Supply) Extension Act 1945 (1945 No 6 (L))

Dunedin Waterworks (Taieri River Supply) Extension Act 1951 (1951 No 16 (L))

Ellesmere Lands Drainage Act 1905 (1905 No 59)

Eltham Borough Drainage and Water Supply Empowering Act 1905 (1905 No 4 (L))

Eltham Drainage Board Act 1914 (1914 No 13 (L))

Hawera Borough Drainage Empowering Act 1900 (1900 No 21 (L))

Kaituna River District Act 1926 (1926 No 19 (L))

Lake Wanaka Preservation Act 1973 (1973 No 107)

Lakes District Waterways Authority (Shotover River) Empowering Act 1985 (1985 No 2 (L))

Makerua Drainage Board Empowering Act 1952 (1952 No 8 (L))

Makerua Drainage Board Loan Empowering Act 1927 (1927 No 13 (L))

Manawatu-Oroua River District Act 1923 (1923 No 5 (L))

North Shore Boroughs (Auckland) Water Conservation Act 1944 (1944 No 3 (L))

North Shore Drainage Act 1963 (1963 No 15 (L))

Oxford Road District Act 1905 (1905 No 37 (L))

Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act 1956 (1956 No 34)

South Canterbury Catchment Board Act 1946 (1946 No 10 (L))

South Wairarapa River Board Empowering Act 1931 (1931 No 4 (L))

Southland Land Drainage Act 1935 (1935 No 13 (L))

Springs County Council Reclamation and Empowering Act 1913 (1913 No 10 (L))

Springs County Council Reclamation and Empowering Act 1915 (1915 No 15 (L))

Summit Road (Canterbury) Protection Act 1963 (1963 No 16 (L))

Taieri River Improvement Act 1920 (1920 No 20 (L))

Taupiri Drainage and River Board Empowering Act 1936 (1936 No 1 (L))

Taupiri Drainage and River District Act 1929 (1929 No 23)

Tumu-Kaituna Drainage Board Empowering Act 1928 (1928 No 16 (L))

Waimakariri River Improvement Act 1922 (1922 No 22 (L))

Wairau River Board Empowering Act 1934 (1934 No 8 (L))

Wanganui River Trust Act 1891 (1891 No 19 (L))

Wellington Regional Water Board Act 1972 (1972 No 3 (L))