1508 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 60

2. Boundaries of the Waikato Valley and Hauraki Catchment District and Water Region altered—The boundaries of the Waikato Valley (as defined by section 3 of the Waikato Valley Authority Act 1956) and the Hauraki Catchment District and Water Region shall be altered by:

(a) Excluding from the Waikato Valley and including in the Hauraki Catchment District and Water Region the areas described in the Second Schedule to this order.

(b) Excluding from the Hauraki Catchment District and Water Region and including in the Waikato Valley the areas described in the First Schedule to this order.

3. General responsibilities—

(a) The Waikato Valley Authority, in respect of the areas referred to in Clause 2 (b) of this order shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all the powers, duties, acts of authority and functions conferred on it by the Waikato Valley Authority Act 1956 and the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967;

(b) The Hauraki Catchment Board and Regional Water Board, in respect of the areas referred to in Clause 2 (a) of this order shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all the powers, duties, acts of authority and functions conferred on it by the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 and the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967.

4. Transfer of powers, functions and other responsibilities—Subject to Clause 2 of this order, the Waikato Valley Authority, in respect of the areas referred to in Clause 2 (b) of this order, and the Hauraki Catchment Board and Regional Water Board, in respect of the areas referred to in Clause 2 (a) of this order:

(a) Shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all liabilities, obligations, engagements, and contracts which previously were, or which would have been, the responsibility of the authority from whose district the areas are hereby excluded;

(b) Shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all actions, suits, and proceedings pending by or against, or which would have been the responsibility of the authority from whose districts the areas are hereby excluded;

(c) Shall succeed to the bylaws which are in force and which are applicable to the authority's altered circumstances and, until revoked or altered by such authority, every such bylaw shall remain in force in the area in which it was in force immediately before the alteration of boundaries, and every bylaw which cannot be restricted to the areas shall be deemed inapplicable and revoked in respect of the areas by the alteration of boundaries;

(d) Shall succeed to all rates or levies and other money payable to the local authority from whose district the areas are hereby excluded;

(e) Shall succeed to the valuation rolls, electoral rolls, and rate records in force in the area, and these shall remain in force until such rolls or records are made for it.

5. Vesting of land—Subject to Clause 3 of this order, the corporation of the Waikato Valley Authority in respect of the areas referred to in Clause 2 (b) of this order and the corporation of the Hauraki Catchment Board and Regional Water Board in respect of the areas referred to in Clause 2 (a) of this order shall have vested in it, subject to all existing encumbrances, all land in the areas vested in the Corporation of the local authority from the jurisdiction of which the areas are excluded.

6. Chairman and administration officer—Subject to Clause 3 of this order the chairman and chief executive officer of the Waikato Valley Authority shall exercise the duties, powers, and functions of the chairman and secretary of the Hauraki Catchment Board and Regional Water Board in respect of the areas referred to in Clause 2 (b) of this order, and the chairman and secretary of the Hauraki Catchment Board and Regional Water Board shall exercise the duties, powers, and functions of the chairman and chief executive officer of the Waikato Valley Authority in respect of the areas referred to in Clause 2 (a) of this order.

7. Creditors—Subject to section 37F of the Local Government Act 1974, the rights or interests of creditors of any area affected by the order shall not be affected.

8. Rating—The system of rating in the area referred to in Clause 2 of this order shall continue to be the capital value system.

9. Apportionment of assets and liabilities—There shall be no apportionment of assets and liabilities including loan liabilities, pursuant to Clause 2 of this order.

FIRST SCHEDULE
CERTIFIED DESCRIPTION

1. The area described hereunder to be included in the Waikato Valley, pursuant to the provisions of the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967, the Local Government Act 1974, the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 and the Waikato Valley Authority Act 1956:

All in terms of N.Z.M.S. 261 Cadastral Sheets: South Auckland District.

Firstly, all that area in Waikato County bounded by a line commencing at a point on the western boundary of Lot 4, D.P. S. 32579 situated in Block VIII, Komakorau Survey District, being 402 metres south of the westernmost corner of the said Lot; and proceeding southerly for 380 metres along the said boundary; to and southerly along the eastern boundary of Section 4, Block VIII, Komakorau Survey District and that boundary produced for a distance of 1770 metres; thence westerly by a right line to a point on the eastern boundary of Lot 15, D.P. 4160, being 704 metres north along that boundary from the southernmost corner of that Lot, thence north-easterly along the boundary of the Waikato Valley Authority as defined in New Zealand Gazette, 1970, page 2139 to the point of commencement.

Secondly, all that area in the Waikato County bounded by a line commencing at the point where the boundary of the Waikato Valley Authority is described in New Zealand Gazette, 1970, page 2139 crosses Muirhead Road being the easternmost corner of Section 21, Te Miro Settlement, situated in Block VII, Cambridge Survey District; thence south-westerly and westerly along the boundary of the Waikato Valley Authority as defined in New Zealand Gazette, 1970, page 2139 in the westernmost corner of Section 7, Te Miro Settlement Block VI, Cambridge Survey District; thence due north to the northern side of Te Miro Road; thence easterly along the northern side of Te Miro Road to its intersection with Muirhead Road; thence easterly across Te Miro Road and easterly along the northern side of Muirhead Road to the south-western corner of Section 29, Block VII, Cambridge Survey District; thence northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries of the said Section; thence south-westerly along the eastern boundary and its production to the point of commencement.

Thirdly, all that area in the Matamata County bounded by a line commencing at a point on the boundary of the Waikato Valley as described in the New Zealand Gazette, 1970, page 2139 at the north eastern corner of Te Ranga 4B, Block I, Ngautuku Survey District and proceeding in a westerly and north westerly direction generally along the said boundary to the western corner of Section 5, Block XV, Patetere North Survey District; thence generally easterly by a right line to the eastern corner of Section 13, Block XV, Patetere North Survey District; thence easterly along the southern side of Kokako Road to the eastern boundary of Kokako Block; thence easterly by a right line to a point on the eastern boundary of Part 1, D.P. S. 8337 approximately 500 metres from the north eastern corner of the said Lot; thence south-easterly by a right line to the point of commencement.

2. The said areas to be excluded from the district of the Hauraki Catchment Board.

SECOND SCHEDULE

1. The area described hereunder to be excluded from the Waikato Valley pursuant to the provisions as set within the First Schedule above: All in terms of N.Z.M.S. 261 Cadastral Sheets: South Auckland District.

Firstly, all that area in the Waikato County bounded by a line commencing on the boundary of the Waikato Valley Authority as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1970, page 2139 at the intersection of Te Miro and Whitehall Roads, Block VI, Cambridge Survey District; and proceeding southerly along the north-western side of Te Miro Road and northerly along the eastern side of Maungakawa Road; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of Section 122, Te Miro Settlement to its western end; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section 65, Te Miro Settlement; thence southerly along the Waikato Valley Authority Boundary as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1970, page 2139 to the point of commencement.

Secondly, all that area in the Matamata County bounded by a line commencing on the boundary of the Waikato Valley Authority as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1970, page 2139 at the north eastern corner of Lot 4, D.P. 32967, situated in Block XVI, Cambridge Survey District; and proceeding generally north-easterly, south-easterly and southerly along the said boundary of the Waikato Valley Authority to the westernmost corner of Lot 4, D.P. 31578, situated in Block I, Patetere North Survey District; thence north-westerly along the northern side of Paraparaumu Road to the peg B shown on D.P. 11720; thence northerly by a right line to the north-westernmost corner of Lot 3, D.P. 31578; thence north-westerly by a right line to the south-eastern corner of Hinuera No. 1E Block; thence south-westerly along the southern boundary of Hinuera 1E Block, situated in Block XIII, Tapapa Survey District and Lot 2, D.P. 13810 to the eastern side of State Highway No. 1; thence northerly and westerly along the eastern and northern sides of State Highway No. 1, crossing the intervening State Highway No. 29 to a point in line with the eastern boundary of part Section 129, Matamata Settlement; thence northerly by a right line to the westernmost corner of part Lot 2, D.P. 24661, situated in Block XVI, Cambridge Survey District; thence westerly by a right line to the easternmost corner of Lot 4, D.P. 32967, situated in Block XVI, Cambridge Survey District; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the said Lot to the point of commencement.