556 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 26

ORDER

1. Title—This order may be cited as the Local Elections and Polls (Postal Voting) Order 1973.

2. Levin Borough Council authorised to conduct poll by postal vote—The Returning Officer at the Levin Borough Council Fluoridation Loan Poll to be held on the 1st day of May 1973 is hereby authorised to conduct that poll by postal vote only.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Kawakawa Independent Town District and Bay of Islands County United

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 19th day of March 1973

Present:
THE HON. H. WATT PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Local Government Commission Act 1967, 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 1973.

2. The district of the Kawakawa Independent Town District is hereby united with the district of the County of Bay of Islands and the Council of the Kawakawa Independent Town District is hereby dissolved.

3. The area comprising the former Kawakawa Independent Town District described in Gazette, 1969, p. 2591, shall be a riding of the County of Bay of Islands with the name "Kawakawa Town Riding".

4. The Kawakawa Town Riding of Bay of Islands County shall be a county town, having the name of Kawakawa, and, except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of Part III of the Counties Amendment Act 1968 shall, where applicable, apply as if the Kawakawa County Town had been constituted under section 50 of the said Amendment Act.

5. The Council of Bay of Islands County shall comprise 12 members and the riding representation shall be:

Kawakawa Riding ...... 1 member
Kawakawa Town Riding ...... 1 member
Kerikeri Riding ...... 1 member
Mataraua Riding ...... 1 member
Okaihau Riding ...... 1 member
Pakaraka Riding ...... 1 member
Purerua Riding ...... 1 member
Russell Riding ...... 1 member
Tautoro Riding ...... 1 member
Towai Riding ...... 1 member
Waimate Riding ...... 1 member
Waitangi Riding ...... 1 member

6. Until the first triennial general election of members of county councils held after the date of union, the Council of Bay of Islands County shall comprise 12 members, being the present members of Bay of Islands County Council together with 1 further member to represent the Kawakawa Town Riding.

7. Until the first triennial general election of members of county councils held after the date of union:

(a) The councillor to represent the Kawakawa Town Riding of Bay of Islands County shall be elected by the members of the former Kawakawa Town Council from amongst its members and shall take office as if he had been elected pursuant to section 37 of the Counties Act 1956. For the purpose of making such an election, and for no other purpose, the Council of the Kawakawa Independent Town District may, if necessary, continue in existence after the date of union;

(b) The members of the Committee of the Kawakawa County Town shall comprise the members of the former Kawakawa Town Council.

8. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, or in the Local Government Commission Act 1967, the provisions of section 28 of the Counties Act 1956 shall apply as if the former Kawakawa Independent Town District were a dependent town district;

(b) So far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, the provisions of section 99A of the Land Transfer Act 1952 shall apply to the union herein prescribed.

9. (a) The system of rating in Bay of Islands County shall be on the basis of the unimproved or land value as the case may be;

(b) Until such time as a revised valuation of the whole of the County of Bay of Islands shall come into effect, the provisions of the Rating Act 1967 shall, where applicable and with the necessary modifications, apply to the said County as if, for the purposes of Part IX of the said Act, the Bay of Islands County were a "special purpose authority" and as if the former Kawakawa Independent Town District and the district of the County prior to union were "constituent districts" within the provisions of the said Part IX.

10. All the valuation rolls, electors' lists, electors' rolls, and rate books in force in the former Kawakawa Independent Town District at the date of union shall continue in force in the Kawakawa Town Riding and the Kawakawa County Town, as prescribed herein, until new valuation rolls, electors' lists, electors' rolls, and rate books are made for the Kawakawa Town Riding and Kawakawa County Town.

11. The Bay of Islands County Council shall not prepare a new district scheme and shall complete the proposed scheme for the former Kawakawa Independent Town District as a part of the Bay of Islands District Scheme prepared under the provisions of the Town and County Planning Act 1953.

12. On the date of union all employees of the former Kawakawa Town Council to whom the provisions of the Local Authorities (Employment Protection) Act 1963 do not apply shall be deemed to be employees of the Bay of Islands County Council.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorising the Marlborough Harbour Board to Reclaim Endowment Land at Havelock

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 19th day of March 1973

Present:
THE HON. H. WATT PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby authorises the Marlborough Harbour Board to reclaim from Havelock Harbour an area of 2 acres 3 roods 11.6 perches, more or less, of endowment foreshore and harbour bed as shown on plan marked M.D. 14930 and deposited in the office of the Ministry of Transport at Wellington.

P. G. MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(43/5/6/5)

The Waiongana Stream Pollution Control Order 1973

DENIS BLUNDELL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 19th day of March 1973

Present:
THE HON. H. WATT PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 61 of the Health Act 1956, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. Title—This order may be cited as the Waiongana Stream Pollution Control Order 1973.

2. Control of Waiongana Stream—All that portion of the Waiongana Stream and its tributaries described in the Schedule hereto are hereby declared to be under the control of the Waitara Borough Council for the purpose of preventing the pollution thereof.

3. Revocation—The Waiongana Stream Pollution Control Order 1963* is hereby revoked.