1852

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 86

exclusion of the Paekakariki County Town (being part of the Paekakariki Riding of Hutt County) from the district of Hutt County.

10. The County Clerk of the Hutt County Council shall be responsible for convening the first meeting of the interim council, which shall at that meeting elect one of its members to be the interim mayor.

11. The council of the said borough (hereinafter referred to as “the council”) shall consist of a mayor elected by the electors of the said borough, and 7 councillors who, while the said borough is a divided borough as prescribed in clause 5 hereof, shall be elected as follows:

(a) Four by the electors of the Paraparaumu Ward;
(b) Two by the electors of the Paekakariki Ward;
(c) One by the electors of the Whareroa Ward;

provided however that the council may, pursuant to section 23 (1) (c) of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954, alter the number of members of any ward in such manner as to keep the representation of the various wards as nearly as may be proportionate to the number of electors of each ward.

12. The first election of members of the council shall be held on 12 October 1974. The election shall be by postal vote, and otherwise shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions, so far as they are applicable, of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1966.

13. Pursuant to sections 19 (1) and 22 (2) of the Local Government Commission Act 1967, it is hereby provided as a matter incidental to this order that the Hutt County Council shall, following the constitution of the said borough, consist of 7 councillors, being the councillors representing the Horokiri, Heretaunga and Wainuiomata Ridings of Hutt County at the time of constitution of the said borough and (if at that time the Heretaunga and Wainuiomata Ridings are represented by 1 and 3 councillors respectively) 2 councillors, to be elected, 1 by the Heretaunga County Borough Council and 1 by the Wainuiomata County Borough Council in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of section 82 of the Counties Amendment Act 1968, at the first meetings of those County Borough Councils following the constitution of the said borough.

14. The transfers of any members of the staff of the Hutt County Council to the service of the council of the said borough shall be deemed to be transfers of permanent employees within the meaning of section 4 of the Local Authorities (Employment Protection) Act 1963, and the provisions of that Act shall, with any necessary modifications, apply accordingly.

15. Subject to the provisions of clause 14 hereof, the employees of the Paraparaumu Branch Office of the Hutt County Council at the time of constitution of the said borough shall thereupon become employees of the council of the said borough on the same terms and conditions of employment as exist at that time between them and the Hutt County Council, and as if their employment by the Hutt County Council had been employment by the council of the said borough.

16. The council of the said borough shall be entitled to receive from the Hutt County Council such amount of petroleum tax revenue collected in respect of the year ending 31 March 1975 as may be agreed upon between those councils or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by the Commission following consultation with the Audit Office.

17. The said borough shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, a constituent local authority of the Wellington-Hutt Valley Petroleum Tax Area.

18. Subject to the provisions of the Rating Act 1967, the system of rating in the said borough shall be the land value system.

19. Every bylaw, and every farm-land roll, and every special area for the purposes of Part V of the Rating Act 1967, in force or effect in the area described in the First Schedule hereto immediately prior to the constitution of the said borough shall continue in force or effect as if it had been made, prepared, or constituted by the council of the said borough.

20. The valuation rolls, electors’ rolls, electors’ list, and rate records in force in the area described in the First Schedule hereto immediately prior to the constitution of the said borough shall be deemed to be the valuation rolls, electors’ rolls, electors’ lists, and rate records of the said borough until new such rolls, lists, and records are made for the said borough.

21. 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 alteration of boundaries hereby effected.

22. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Local Government Commission Act 1967, the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 shall apply to the constitution of the said borough.

23. Notwithstanding that the nominations authorised under paragraphs (b) and (d) of clause 9 and clause 13 hereof may have been made prior to the date of this Order, such nominations shall be deemed to have been lawfully made in terms of the said clauses.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District containing 15 460 hectares, more or less, being portion of the County of Hutt bounded by a line commencing at a point on the mean high-water mark of the sea in line with the northern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 4268, bearing 284° 50′, in Block III, Paekakariki S.D., and proceeding generally easterly to and along that boundary and the northern boundaries of the said Lot 1 and their production to and along the middle of Paekakariki Hill Road to a point in line with the northern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 33618, and to and along that boundary and the northern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 11960, to the easternmost corner of the said Lot 1; thence generally north-easterly along right lines to Trig. Station Wainui and to the southernmost corner of Section 97, Block IV, Paekakariki S.D., along the north-western boundary of Section 1, Titi District, to the south-eastern watershed of the Maungokotukutuku Stream, and along that watershed passing through Trig. Stations Titi and Maunganui to the north-eastern boundary of Section 1, Titi District, thence generally easterly along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 1, Titi District, the north-eastern boundaries of the land shown on D.P. 10581 to a point in line with the southern boundary of Section 5, Block II, Akatarawa S.D., to and along that boundary, the eastern boundaries of Sections 5, 4, and 3, Block II, Akatarawa S.D., the southern boundary of Section 413, Hutt District, and its production to and along the western and northern boundaries of Section 412, Hutt District, the eastern boundaries of Sections 412, 411, 408, and 407, Hutt District, the northern boundary of Section 2, Block III, Akatarawa S.D., and its production to and along the middle of a road to a point in line with the western boundary of Lot 6, D.P. 10208, and to and along that boundary to the north-western corner of the said Lot 6; thence northerly along the eastern watershed of the Waikanae River to the north-eastern boundary of Section 8, Block III, Akatarawa S.D., and along that boundary to the northernmost corner of the said Section 8; thence generally north-westerly along the north-western boundary of the said Section 8, the north-eastern boundaries of Ngarara West C18, Sections 1 and 2, to and down the middle of the Ngatiawa River to a point in the middle of Kent Road (intersecting Section 43, Block X, Kaitawa S.D.), along the middle of Kent Road, Ngatiawa Road, and the Upper Hutt-Waikanae Road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 8, D.P. 28171, to and along that boundary and the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of Lot 1, D.P. 28171, and the south-eastern side of the North Island Main Trunk Railway to and down the middle of the Waikanae River as defined on M.L. Plan 1491 to a point in line with the mean high-water mark on the sea coast; thence south-easterly along the mean high-water mark of the sea to the point of commencement.

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SECOND SCHEDULE

THE adjacent islands known as Kapiti Island, Tokomapuna Island, Motungarara Island, and Tahoramaurea Island containing together 1968 hectares, more or less, bounded by the mean high-water mark of the sea.

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THIRD SCHEDULE

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District containing 20 square kilometres, more or less, being portion of the County of Hutt bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 6, D.P. 10208, and proceeding northerly along the eastern watershed of the Waikanae River to the north-eastern boundary of Section 8, Block III, Akatarawa S.D.; thence easterly along that boundary, along a right line across a road to and along the north-eastern boundary of Section 10, Block III, Akatarawa S.D., to the easternmost corner of that section, and along a right line to Trig. Section R (Mount Hector) in Block I, Eritonga S.D.; thence