Foreshores and Sea Bed.
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CHAPTER 127.
FORESHORES AND SEA BED.
21 of 1901.
To validate Crown leases of foreshore and submerged lands Originally for reclamation, and to facilitate the making of such Fraser leases.
[12th October, 1901.]
WHEREAS divers Crown leases of portions of the foreshore and sea bed have been granted by the Governor in the name and on behalf of His Majesty for reclamation and other purposes; AND WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to how far some of such leases or agreements for such leases are valid and effectual for the purposes for which they were made, and it is expedient to remove such doubts, and also to make provision for the making of such leases and agreements in the future:
1.
15 of 1901.
9 of 1950.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Foreshores Short title. and Sea Bed Ordinance.
of former
Crown leases and sea bed.
of foreshore
2. All Crown leases of any portions of the foreshore Validation or of the sea bed and all agreements for the grant of such leases, heretofore made by the Governor, shall be deemed to have been and to be as valid and effectual for all intents and purposes as if they had been duly made under the provisions of this Ordinance.
grant Crown
Power to leases of and sea award com-
foreshore
bed, and to
pensation
cases.
3. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor to grant and to agree to grant such Crown leases for any term not exceeding seventy-five years (renewable on the usual terms), or for such longer term as the Secretary of State may authorize, of the foreshore and sea bed within the limits in certain of the waters of the Colony, and of Crown land covered with water in any tidal river or channel connected with such waters, as may be declared by the Governor in Council to be expedient to be granted for the purpose of reclamation, harbour improvement or building, or for the construction of docks, slips, piers or wharves, or in view of the requirements of manufactures, commerce or traffic, Provided always or for any other purpose whatsoever:
that, before any such declaration is made, the terms of the lease proposed to be made, with a description of the property intended to be demised, shall be inserted in every
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