No. 35

1071

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, 25 MARCH 1982

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: MONDAY, 29 MARCH 1982

Alteration of Boundaries of Wellington Water Region and Manawatu Catchment District and Water Region and Abolition of Out-District of Wellington Region Order 1982

DAVID BEATTIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 22nd day of March 1982

THE RIGHT HON. R. D. MULDOON PRESIDING 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 Alteration of Boundaries of Wellington Water Region and Manawatu Catchment District and Water Region and Abolition of Out-District of Wellington Region Order 1982.

(2) Subject to the prior depositing with the Secretary for Local Government and the Local Government Commission of a copy of an agreement to be made between the Kapiti Borough Council and the Horowhenua County Council for the supply of water in bulk and subject to clause 11 of this order, the provisions of this order shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1982.

PART I
ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES

2. Boundaries of Wellington Water Region and Manawatu Catchment District and Water Region altered—The area described in the First Schedule to this order shall be excluded from the district of the Wellington Water Region and be included in the Manawatu Catchment District and Water Region.

Member representative of Borough of Kapiti and County of Horowhenua appointed—until the expiry of the term of office of members of catchment boards and regional water boards on the first general election of such boards conducted after the review of membership provided for in clause 4 of this order, there shall be appointed to the Manawatu Catchment Board and Regional Water Board, on the joint nomination of the Kapiti Borough Council and the Horowhenua County Council, a further member of that board who shall be deemed to be an elective member representative of the Borough of Kapiti and the County of Horowhenua.

4. Review of representation—A review of the basis of representation of the Manawatu Catchment Board and Regional Water Board shall be carried out in 1982 pursuant to section 41 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941, and for the purposes of that review shall be deemed to have been lodged by the Kapiti Borough Council and the Horowhenua County Council on the date this order comes into force.

5. Transitional provisions—In respect of the area described in the First Schedule to this order the Manawatu Catchment Board and Regional Water Board:

(a) Shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all of the powers, duties, acts of authority, and functions pursuant to sections 5 and 68 of the Wellington Regional Water Board Act 1972 which were previously exercised, or which would have been so exercised, by the Wellington Regional Council, from whose water region the area is hereby excluded;

(b) Shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all liabilities, obligations, engagements, and contracts pursuant to sections 5 and 68 of the Wellington Regional Water Board Act 1972 which previously were, or which would have been, the responsibility of the Wellington Regional Council from whose water region the area is hereby excluded;