25. Validating certain leases and extending the leasing powers of the
 Port Chalmers Borough Council in respect of certain lands---Whereas the
 lands described in subsection five of this section are vested in the
 Corporation of the Borough of Port Chalmers as reserves for the purposes
 referred to in that subsection: And whereas the Port Chalmers Borough
 Council (in this section referred to as the Council) has granted leases
 in respect of parts of the said lands: And whereas the leases purport to
 confer certain rights to successive renewals thereof: And whereas the
 Council has no power to grant leases containing those rights in respect
 of the said lands: And whereas it is expedient that the leases granted
 by the Council be validated and that the Council be granted additional
 leasing powers in respect of the said lands: Be it therefore enacted as
 follows:

   (1) All leases in respect of the lands described in subsection five of
 this section, or in respect of any parts of any such lands, granted
 heretofore by the Council, and all rights of way granted or reserved in
 connection therewith, are hereby declared to be and to have been valid
 and binding and of full force and effect according to their tenor.

   (2) The registration of any of the said leases under the Land Transfer
 Act 1952 is hereby validated.

   (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or rule of law
 the Council shall have, in respect of the lands described in subsection
 five of this section, all powers of leasing and other powers set forth
 in sections one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-eight,
 one hundred and fifty-nine, and one hundred and sixty-two of the
 Municipal Corporations Act 1933.

   (4) The District Land Registrar for the Otago Land Registration
 District is hereby authorized and directed to make such entries in the
 register books, to register such instruments, and to do all such other
 things as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this
 section.

   (5) The lands to which this section relates are particularly described
 as follows:

   All those areas in the Otago Land District, being---

   Firstly, all those areas situated in the Borough of Port Chalmers
 containing together by admeasurement six acres three roods twenty-three
 perches and sixty-eight hundredths of a perch, more or less, and being
 Sections 62, 86, 118, 129, 146, 156, 169, 181, 192, 203, 213, 223, 233,
 243, 253, 263, 273, 283, 293, 303, 313, 323, 333, 343, 353, 373, and
 387, Town of Port Chalmers, and Lot 1 on a plan deposited in the Land
 Registry Office at Dunedin, under Number 5728, being Part Section 334,
 Town of Part Chalmers, being all the land comprised and described in
 certificates of title, Volume 231, folios 135, 136, 142, 141, 143, 144,
 145, 153, 154, 155, 156, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172,
 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, and Volume 311, folio 237, Otago
 Registry; all of the said lands being reserved in trust for the purposes
 of public utility for the Town of Port Chalmers and its inhabitants.

   Secondly, all that area situated in the Borough of Port Chalmers
 containing by admeasurement one acre two roods and seventeen perches,
 more or less, being Sections 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, and 143, Town of
 Port Chalmers, being all the land comprised and described in certificate
 of title, Volume 46, folio 24, Otago Registry; all of the said lands
 being reserved in trust for purposes of a municipal estate for the Town
 of Port Chalmers and its inhabitants.

   Thirdly, all that area situated in the Borough of Port Chalmers
 containing by admeasurement thirty perches, more or less, being part
 Section 407, Town of Port Chalmers, being all the land comprised and
 described in certificate of title, Volume 109, folio 252, Otago
 Registry; the said land being reserved in trust for a site for a fire
 brigade station.

   Fourthly, all those areas situated in the Waikouaiti County containing
 together by admeasurement four hundred and eighty-four acres and
 twenty-seven perches, more or less, being Sections 27, 28, 29, 31, 32,
 and parts of Section 24, Block IV, and parts of Sections 86 and 87,
 Block VI, North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District, being all the land
 comprised and described in certificates of title, Volume 263, folios 124
 and 125, Otago Registry; all of the said lands being reserved in trust
 for purposes of public utility for the Town of Port Chalmers and its
 inhabitants.