2078

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 78

ORDER

1. This Order shall take effect on the 1st day of April 1967.

2. The County of Malvern and the County of Tawera are hereby united and the councils of the said counties are hereby dissolved.

3. The united county shall be called the County of Malvern (hereinafter called the “said county”).

4. Until the 31st day of March 1971 the said county shall be divided into three divisions as follows:

(i) The Malvern Division, comprising the Courtenay, Homebush, and Sheffield Ridings, as hereinafter defined.

(ii) The Selwyn Division, comprising the Selwyn Riding as hereinafter defined.

(iii) The Tawera Division, comprising the Tawera Riding as hereinafter defined.

5. Separate accounts shall be kept for each of the said divisions.

6. The provisions of the Counties Act 1956 as to the making and levying of a general rate separately in each riding of a county, as far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, shall apply as if each of the said divisions were a riding of the said county.

7. For representation purposes the said county shall be divided into five ridings as follows:

(i) The Courtenay Riding, comprising the Courtenay Riding of the former County of Malvern.

(ii) The Homebush Riding, comprising the Homebush Riding of the former County of Malvern.

(iii) The Sheffield Riding, comprising the Sheffield Riding of the former County of Malvern.

(iv) The Selwyn Riding, comprising the Selwyn Riding of the former County of Malvern.

(v) The Tawera Riding, comprising the district of the former County of Tawera.

8. Until the date prescribed by law for the first triennial general elections of members of county councils to be held after the 1st day of April 1971, the Council of the said county shall consist of 13 members as follows:

For the Courtenay Riding ..... ..... 5 members
For the Homebush Riding ..... ..... 1 member
For the Sheffield Riding ..... ..... 2 members
For the Selwyn Riding ..... ..... 3 members
For the Tawera Riding ..... ..... 2 members

9. The first election of the members of the Council of the said county shall be held on the date prescribed by law for the first triennial general elections of members of county councils to be held after the 1st day of April 1967.

10. Until the members of the Council of the said county elected at the said first election shall come into office, the said Council shall consist of:

(1) The eleven members of the former Malvern County Council to represent the Malvern and Selwyn Divisions, and

(2) Two of the members of the former Tawera County Council, to be chosen by that Council from among its members to represent the Tawera Division; and, for the purpose of making that choice, but for no other purpose, the members of the former Tawera County Council shall, if necessary, continue in office after the 31st day of March 1967.

11. The following items in the accounts of the former Counties of Malvern and Tawera shall be credited and debited respectively to the general and separate accounts and funds of the said county:

(1) All credit balances other than those hereinafter specifically mentioned.

(2) Plant renewal funds.

(3) All assets other than those hereinafter specifically mentioned.

(4) Interest, sinking funds, and capital repayments in respect of all loans of each of the former counties respectively except as hereinafter mentioned.

(5) Maintenance and construction costs of all bridges exceeding 20 ft in length.

(6) Costs of health inspection, noxious weeds control, hydatids control, and housing.

12. The following items in the Malvern District and Selwyn Riding accounts of the former Malvern County and in the accounts of the former County of Tawera shall be credited and debited respectively to the Divisional Accounts of the Malvern, Selwyn, and Tawera Divisions respectively:

(1) General cash balances.

(2) Separate account cash balances.

(3) Stocks on hand.

(4) Sundry debtors.

(5) Land subdivision reserve funds in hand.

(6) Public debt and contingent liabilities.

(7) Maintenance and construction costs of bridges not exceeding 20 ft in length situated in each Division respectively.

13. Interest, sinking funds, and capital repayments in respect of all loans secured over special areas in the former counties shall remain as a charge on the same special areas in the said county.

14. With the exception of the County Clerk of the former Tawera County, all existing staff of the Councils of each of the former Counties of Malvern and Tawera shall be taken over by the Council of the said county under, and subject to, the provisions of the Local Authorities (Employment Protection) Act 1963. This provision shall be in extension of, and subject to, the provisions of that Act.

15. The first County Clerk of the said county shall be Brian William Perrin, of Darfield.

16. All bylaws in force in the former County of Malvern shall become bylaws of the said county, and all bylaws in force in the former County of Tawera shall be deemed to be revoked.

17. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of section 10 of the Counties Act 1956 shall apply to the union of counties hereby effected as if the former Counties of Malvern and Tawera had been united under that Act.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 197/728)

River District of Kaikoura Abolished

BERNARD FERGUSSON, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 14th day of December 1966

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Local Government Commission Act 1961, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. This order shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1967.

2. The Kaikoura River District is hereby abolished and the Kaikoura River Board is hereby dissolved.

3. Upon the dissolution of the Kaikoura River Board the real and personal property, contracts, rights of action, and other rights, obligations, and liabilities of the Kaikoura River Board shall become the property, contracts, rights, obligations, and liabilities of the Marlborough Catchment Board, without any instrument of transfer, assignment, or other assurance.

4. Where any real or personal property or right becomes vested in the Marlborough Catchment Board by virtue of this Scheme and the title of the Kaikoura River Board is or should have been entered in any register required by law to be kept, the Registrar or other person whose duty it is to keep the register shall, on the request in writing of the Marlborough Catchment Board, and on being satisfied by statutory declaration or otherwise of the title of the Kaikoura River Board, without payment of any fee, enter in the register the name of the Marlborough Catchment Board as the owner of the property or right instead of the Kaikoura River Board.

5. All works, matters, and proceedings commenced by the Kaikoura River Board, and pending or in progress on the dissolution of that Board, may be continued and completed by the Marlborough Catchment Board.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 176/116)

Declaring a Service Lane to be Vested in the Corporation of the City of Lower Hutt, and to be Under the Control and Management of the Lower Hutt City Council

BERNARD FERGUSSON, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 5th day of October 1966

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 11 of the Housing Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby orders and declares that the service lane described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, vest in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Lower Hutt, and be under the control and management of the Lower Hutt City Council.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT

ALL those pieces of land situated in Block X, Belmont Survey District, City of Lower Hutt, Wellington R.D., and described as follows:

A. R. P.
Being
0 0 9·9 Part Lot 9, D.P. 15301, being part Sections 59 and 61, Hutt District; coloured blue on plan.
0 0 23·2 Part Lot 9, D.P. 15301, being part Section 59, Hutt District; coloured blue on plan.
0 0 10 Part Lots 24, 25, 26, and 27, D.P. 15301, being part Section 59, Hutt District; coloured orange on plan.