Housing Act 1955

State houses

13: Procedure for declaring certain drains to be public drains, and for setting apart State housing land as a reserve

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"How to make some drains public and set aside land for State houses"

You are looking at a law about State houses. This law is from the Housing Act 1955. It talks about how to make certain drains public and how to set aside land for State housing as a reserve, but the important parts have been repealed or amended, and you can find the amendments in the Act(s).

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12: Building line restrictions, or

"Rules about where state houses can be built"

14: Power to hold and dispose of shares in company formed to erect flats, or

"Kāinga Ora can own and sell shares in companies that build flats."

Part 1State houses

13Procedure for declaring certain drains to be public drains, and for setting apart State housing land as a reserve

Repealed
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Notes

Section 13(1): repealed, on 1 April 1980, by section 9(1) of the Local Government Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 59).