Registration District
SILVIA CARTWRIGHT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At Wellington this 7th day of May 2001
Present:
HER EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by section 4 of the Deeds Registration Act 1908, it is enacted that the Governor-General, by Order in Council, may from time to time alter the boundaries of any registration district and create new registration districts.
AND WHEREAS it is desirable to create the Christchurch Deeds Registration District comprising the former Nelson, Marlborough, Westland and Canterbury Deeds Registration Districts.
NOW THEREFORE in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon her by the Deeds Registration Act 1908, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares that from 7 June 2001 the Christchurch Deeds Registration District with the boundaries described in the Schedule below is created.
Schedule
Christchurch Deeds Registration District
All that area bounded by a line commencing on the seacoast at the mouth of the Awarua River on the northern shore of Big Bay (or Awarua Bay); thence proceeding south-easterly along a straight line to Mount Aspiring; thence generally north-easterly along the summit of the Southern Alps to Mount Hopkins; thence generally southerly to the source of the Hopkins River and along the middle of that river to Lake Ohau; thence generally westerly and south-easterly along the northern, western and southern shores of Lake Ohau to the Ohau River; thence generally south-easterly down the middle of the Ohau River to and down the middle of the Waitaki River to its mouth; thence generally north-easterly, north-westerly and south-westerly along the seacoast to the point of commencement; including D'Urville and Arapawa Islands and all other adjacent islands and islets.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of May 2001.
MARIE SHROFF, Clerk of the Executive Council.