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9Acts not affected by this Act Empowered by s 71

Coal Mines Act 1979 (1979 No 21)

Fisheries Act 1908 (Reprinted 1976, Vol 5, p 3705)

Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 (1977 No 52)

Government Railways Act 1949 (1949 No 40) (Reprinted 1973, Vol 2, p 1403)

Government Roading Powers Act 1989 (1989 No 75)

Mining Act 1971 (1971 No 25)

National Parks Act 1980 (1980 No 66)

Peel Forest Act 1926 (1926 No 31)

Petroleum Act 1937 (1937 No 27) (Reprinted 1976, Vol 5, p 4249)

Public Works Act 1928 (Reprinted 1975, Vol 3, p 2283)

Rabbits Act 1955 (1955 No 28)

Reserves Act 1977 (1977 No 66)

Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 (1941 No 12) (Reprinted 1969, Vol 4, p 3063)

Tramways Act 1908 (1957 Reprint, Vol 15, p 855)

Waitangi Endowment Act 1932–33 (1932–33 No 44)

Waitangi National Trust Board Act 1932 (1932 No 28)