No. 96
3025

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF
THURSDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 1978

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: MONDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 1978

The Nelson Bays Region Constitution Order 1978

KEITH HOLYOAKE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 3rd day of November 1978

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to the Local Government Act 1974, 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 and commencement—(1) This order may be cited as the Nelson Bays Region Constitution Order 1978.
(2) This order shall come into force on the 30th day of November 1978.

2. Nelson Bays Region—(1) There is hereby constituted a region to be called the Nelson Bays Region (hereinafter referred to as "the Region").
(2) The constituent districts of the Region are the districts of—
(a) The County of Golden Bay:
(b) The County of Waimea:
(c) The Borough of Motueka:
(d) The City of Nelson:
(e) The Borough of Richmond.

3. Nelson Bays United Council—The council for the Region shall be a united council described as "The Nelson Bays United Council" (hereinafter referred to as "the Council").

4. Membership of Council—The Council shall consist of 13 members, of whom:
(a) One shall be appointed by the Golden Bay County Council:
(b) Five shall be appointed by the Waimea County Council:
(c) One shall be appointed by the Motueka Borough Council:
(d) Five shall be appointed by the Nelson City Council:
(e) One shall be appointed by the Richmond Borough Council.

5. Administering authority—The administering authority of the Council shall be the Nelson City Council.

6. First appointment of members—(1) Each constituent authority shall, not later than 1 month after the date of the commencement of this order, appoint the first member or the first members of the Council which that authority is to appoint under clause 4 of this order.
(2) The members of the Council appointed pursuant to subclause (1) of this clause shall come into office on the day of the first meeting of the Council.
(3) Each constituent authority shall, not later than the 31st day of December 1978, give the names of the person or persons appointed by it pursuant to subclause (1) of this clause to the principal officer of the administering authority.
(4) The principal officer of the administering authority shall not be prevented, by any failure to comply with subclause (3) of this clause, from convening the first meeting of the Council in accordance with clause 7 of this order.

7. First meeting of Council—(1) The first meeting of the Council shall be held not later than 2 months after the date of the commencement of this order.
(2) The principal officer of the administering authority shall convene the first meeting of the Council and shall preside at that meeting until the election of the Chairman.
(3) That principal officer may do all things necessary for the convening of that meeting.

8. Committees—(1) Subject to section 104 of the Local Government Act 1974, section 6 of the Town and County Planning Act 1977, and subclause (2) of this clause, the Council may appoint such committees as it thinks fit.
(2) The Council shall appoint and maintain a Civil Defence Committee which committee shall include a nominee of the Director of Civil Defence and a nominee of the Commissioner of Works.

9. Finance—(1) For the purposes of and subject to section 123 of the Local Government Act 1974, the net expenditure of the Council shall be charged and assessed to each constituent authority in the proportion that the equalised net land value of the district of that authority bears to the total equalised net land value of the Region.
(2) For the purposes of section 123 of the Local Government Act 1974, the functions of regional planning and civil defence shall be deemed to be functions for the benefit of the whole Region.
(3) For the purposes of subclause (1) of this clause, the equalised net land value of each district and the equalised net land value of the Region shall be determined in each year, as at the same date, by figures produced by the Valuer-General.

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