Lake Taupo Compensation Claims Act 1947

Reprint as at 2 January 1990

Lake Taupo Compensation Claims Act 1947

Public Act1947 No 18
Date of assent26 September 1947
Commencement26 September 1947
Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

An Act to fix the basis on which the court shall assess compensation in relation to the control of the level of Lake Taupo

  • Preamble

    Whereas the works undertaken for the purpose of controlling the level of the waters of Lake Taupo, and referred to in section 34 of the Finance Act (No 3) 1944 were designed and constructed for the purpose of controlling those waters within a range of levels none of which exceeds the maximum working level of 357.387 metres above mean sea level Moturiki datum (1956 survey), or the equivalent level determined for any subsequent survey made by the Surveyor-General in substitution therefor or amendment thereof:

    And whereas it is not at present proposed to control those waters at any higher working level.

    Preamble: amended, on 9 December 1976, by section 2(1) of the Lake Taupo Compensation Claims Amendment Act 1976 (1976 No 96).