No. 202 4805

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, 31 OCTOBER 1985

Published by Authority

WELLINGTON: MONDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 1985

The West Coast United Council (Validation of Assessments and Lodging of Appeal) Order 1985

DAVID BEATTIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington this 4th day of November 1985

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

WHEREAS the West Coast United Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) was required by section 126(1) of the Local Government Act 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) to give, before the 15th day of March 1984, to each constituent authority of the Council a written notice specifying the proposed contributions for the financial year commencing on the 1st day of March 1984 to be payable by the constituent authorities, together with a copy of the estimates for the financial year prepared under section 121 of the Act:

And whereas the Council complied with those requirements in part by sending notices and copies of estimates on the 10th day of January 1984, but sent second notices specifying proposed supplementary contributions and copies of supplementary estimates that did not so comply in that they were sent on the 30th day of March 1984:

And whereas the contributions payable by the constituent authorities of the Council under section 123 of the Act for the financial year commencing on the 1st day of March 1984, including those supplementary contributions, were assessed by the Council at a meeting held on the 14th day of April 1984 notwithstanding that, in respect of the supplementary contributions, the notice required by section 126(1) of the Act was given by the Council after the time required by that section:

And whereas section 126(4) of the Act provides that a constituent authority may, within 1 month after the date of the meeting of the united council at which the contributions were assessed, appeal to a Land Valuation Tribunal against any assessment of contributions or the estimates of the Council:

And whereas the Greymouth Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as the Borough), which is a constituent authority of the Council, received on the 17th day of May 1984 the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on the 14th day of April 1984 at which the contributions payable by the constituent authorities were assessed:

And whereas the Borough lodged an appeal against the contributions assessed by the Council in respect of the Borough and against the estimates of the united council:

And whereas the Borough's appeal was lodged after the expiration of the period of 1 month allowed by section 126(4) of the Act:

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 719 of 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 West Coast United Council (Validation of Assessments and Lodging of Appeal) Order 1985.
   (2) This order shall come into force on its publication in the Gazette.

2. Validation of written notice of proposed contributions—The action of the Council in sending, on the 30th day of March 1984, to each constituent authority of the Council, a written notice, pursuant to section 126(1) of the Act, specifying the revised proposed contributions for the financial year commencing on the 1st day of March 1984, together with a copy of supplementary estimates for that financial year prepared under section 121 of the Act, is hereby validated, notwithstanding that each such written notice and each such copy was given after the time required by section 126(1) of the Act.

3. Validation of lodging of appeal—The action of the Borough in lodging an appeal under section 126(4) of the Act against the contributions assessed by the Council in respect of the Borough at the Council's meeting on the 14th day of April 1984, and against the estimates of the Council, is hereby validated, notwithstanding that the appeal was lodged after the expiration of the period specified in section 126(4) of the Act.

C. J. HILL,
Acting for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Price 60c BY AUTHORITY: V. R. WARD, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1985 44980c—85PT