Contents (1939 - 29)
Drainage Act 1939 No 29
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act and commencement
2 (Repealed)
3 By-laws and regulations continued and savings
4 Definitions
5 Certain Acts not affected

Part 2 Existing unions and trusts

6 Existing unions
7 Existing trusts

Part 3 Constitution of unions

8 Application for constitution of union
9 Particulars of application
10 Publication of notices
11 Inquiry
12 Constitution of union

Part 4 Administration

13 Board of directors
14 Incorporation of board
15 Appointment and election of directors
16 Qualification for office
17 Tenure of office of directors
18 Office of director
19 Oath and declaration of office
20 Extraordinary vacancy
21 Attendance at meetings
22 Quorum
23 Returning officer
24 Election of directors
25 Appointed days for elections
26 Validity of elections
27 Lapsed or void elections
28 Plural voting
29 Roll of voters etc
30 Office of chairperson
31 Secretary and auditor
32 Powers and duties of boards etc
33 Entry on lands
34 Extension of works
35 Amendment of boundaries
36 Power of entry
37 Ministerial Corporation’s power to remove directors of a trust

Part 5 Rating

Division 1 Valuations

38 Appointment of valuer
39 Valuations for existing boards
40 Valuations for new boards
41 Valuations after first valuation

Division 2 Making and levying rates

42 Annual estimates
43 Rates, making and levying
44 Irregularities
45 Rate-book

Division 3 Liability for rates

46 Due date
47 Liability of owner
48 Liability of occupier
49 Lessees of land owned by the Crown
50 Joint owners
51 Tenant may recover proportion of rates

Division 4 Miscellaneous

52 Charge of rates on land
53 Notice of transfer
54 Overdue rates, extra charge
55 Sale of land for rates

Part 6 Borrowing

56 Governor’s consent to loans
57 Limited overdrafts
58 Extinction of debt to Crown
59 Security
60 Protection of investors
61 Debentures etc
62 Transfer of debentures and coupons
63 Payments of debentures and coupons
64 Lost debentures
65 Appointment of receiver
66 Powers and duties of receiver
67 Commission
68 Application of moneys received

Part 7 General

69 Plans of drainage
70 Dissolution
71 Debts
72 Collection of debts
73 Accounts
74 (Repealed)
75 Penalties
76 Power to make drains through other lands
77 Service of notices
78 Regulations
79 Savings and transitional provisions

 Schedule

 Schedule 2 Savings and transitional provisions

Historical notes