Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023 (2023 No 1)

Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023 Private Act 2023 No 1 Date of assent 20 March 2023 Commencement see section 2 Contents Page Preamble 1 Title 2 2 Commencement 2 Part 1 Preliminary provisions 3 Purpose 2 4 Interpretation 2 Part 2 Power to sell land 5 Power to sell land 2 6 Certain enactments not to apply 3 7 Application of money received from sale 3 Schedule Society’s interests in Tomoana Showgrounds 4 Preamble (1) The Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society (the Society) owns fee simple interests in the Tomoana Showgrounds: (2) The Society wishes to sell its interests in the Tomoana Showgrounds, and any other land it may acquire (the land), without being required to invest the 1 money received from the sale to purchase other land suitable for the purposes of the Society as required by the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908: (3) The object of this Act is to remove the restrictions relating to the disposal of the land and to require the Society to apply the money received from the sale of the land towards purposes that are consistent with the objects of the Society: (4) This object cannot be achieved without legislation: The Parliament of New Zealand therefore enacts as follows: 1 Title This Act is the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023. 2 Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. Part 1 Preliminary provisions 3 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to— (a) empower the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society (the Soci‐ ety) to sell its interests in the Tomoana Showgrounds, or any other land it may acquire, without being required to invest the money received from the sale in the purchase of other land suitable for the purposes of the Society; and (b) require the Society to apply the money received from the sale of the land towards purposes that are consistent with the objects of the Society. 4 Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— land means the land described in the Schedule or any other land acquired by the Society Society means the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society. Part 2 Power to sell land 5 Power to sell land (1) Despite anything in the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908, the Soci‐ ety may, if the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied, sell the land described s 1 Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023 2023 No 1 2 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM137365 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM137365 in the Schedule, or any other land it may acquire, without having to invest the money received from the sale in the purchase of other land suitable for the pur‐ poses of the Society. (2) The conditions are that— (a) it appears advantageous to the Society to sell the land; and (b) at least two-thirds of the members of the Society present at a general meeting of the Society have resolved to do so; and (c) not less than 14 days’ notice of the general meeting and the proposal to sell the land has been given to members of the Society. 6 Certain enactments not to apply The following enactments do not apply and must be treated as never having applied to the Society in relation to the land: (a) sections 7 and 8(2) of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908: (b) section 3 of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act 1912: (c) section 2 of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act 1920. 7 Application of money received from sale If the land is sold under section 5(1), the Society must apply the money received from the sale towards purposes that are consistent with the objects of the Society. 2023 No 1 Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023 Part 2 s 7 3 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM137381 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM137382 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM178556 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM191586 Schedule Society’s interests in Tomoana Showgrounds s 4 Record of title Area (more or less) Legal description HBC4/350 7765 square metres Lot 20 Deposited Plan 3005 HBM2/162 24.185 hectares Lot 19 Deposited Plan 3005 HBM2/163 16.893 hectares Lot 6 Deposited Plan 3005 HBM3/193 2.0448 hectares Part Lot 18 Deposited Plan 3005 Legislative history 21 November 2022 Introduction (Bill 181–1) 7 December 2022 First reading and referral to Governance and Administration Committee 15 February 2023 Reported from Governance and Administration Committee 15 March 2023 Second reading, committee of the whole House, third reading 20 March 2023 Royal assent Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2023 Schedule Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Act 2023 2023 No 1 4