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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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(7) For the purposes of subclause (6) of this clause the Appropriate Accounts of the uniting authorities and the General Purposes Reserve Account of the Eltham Borough Council shall be deemed to be special funds.

11. Petroleum Tax—For the purposes of Part XI of the Local Government Act 1974, the district council shall be the successor of the uniting authorities.

12. Town and Country Planning—(1) The district council shall forthwith prepare a new district scheme for the whole of its district.

(2) The district planning schemes, and scheme statements and codes of ordinances in force in the respective districts of the uniting authorities shall be deemed to be the district planning scheme, and scheme statement, and code of ordinances of the united district and shall remain operative until the district scheme required to be prepared pursuant to subclause (1) of this clause comes into force.

13. Transfer of responsibilities, etc.—Except as otherwise provided in this order, the district council, in respect of the districts of the uniting authorities:

(a) Shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all the powers, duties, acts of authority and functions which were previously exercised or which would have been so exercised by the uniting authorities;

(b) 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 uniting authorities;

(c) 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 uniting authorities;

(d) Shall succeed to the bylaws which are in force in the districts of the uniting authorities and which are applicable to the united district’s circumstances and until revoked or altered by the council of the united district every such bylaw shall remain in force in the area in which it was in force immediately before the union; and every bylaw which cannot be restricted to the area in which it was in force immediately before the union or which is not applicable to the united district’s circumstances shall be deemed inapplicable and revoked by the union;

(e) Shall succeed to all rates and levies, and other money payable to the uniting authorities;

(f) Shall succeed to the valuation rolls, electoral rolls, and rate records in force in the districts of the uniting authorities, and these shall remain in force in the united district until such rolls or records are made by the district council, and until that time Part IX of the Rating Act 1967 shall apply as if the united district was the district of a special purpose authority and the areas from which it was formed were constituent authorities.

14. Vesting of land—The corporation of the united district shall in respect of the districts of the uniting authorities have vested in it, subject to all existing encumbrances, all land vested in the corporations of the districts of the uniting authorities.

15. Vesting of property—All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of the districts of the uniting authorities shall, subject to all existing encumbrances, vest in the corporation of the united district.

16. Mayor—The Mayor of the united district shall exercise the duties, power and functions of the Mayor and Chairman of the uniting authorities.

17. Principal Administrative Officer—The Principal Administrative Officer of the district council shall be the County Manager of the former Eltham County Council and shall exercise the duties, powers and functions of the Principal Administrative Officer of the uniting authorities.

18. Creditors—Subject to section 37F of the Local Government Act 1974, the rights or interests of creditors of the uniting authorities affected by this order shall not be affected.

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

ORDER

1. Title and commencement—(1) This order may be cited as the Queenstown Borough and Lake County Union Order 1986.

(2) This order shall come into force on the day after the Returning Officer, pursuant to the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976, declares the result of the election of the members of the district council elected at the triennial general election of local authorities to be held on 11 October 1986, except so far as it may be necessary to provide for the election of the members of the district council.

(3) The Principal Administrative Officer holding office pursuant to clause 16 of this order shall inform the Secretary for Local Government of the date on which the Returning Officer declares the result of the election of the members of the district council.

2. Constitution—(1) The districts of Queenstown Borough and Lake County shall be united into one district to be known as the Queenstown-Lakes District (hereinafter referred to as “the united district”);

(2) The Queenstown Borough Council and the Lake County Council (hereinafter referred to as “the uniting authorities”), shall be dissolved;

(3) All ridings of the former Lake County shall be abolished; and

(4) There shall be a council for the united district to be known as the Queenstown-Lakes District Council (hereinafter referred to as “the district council”).

3. Wards—There shall be constituted 6 wards for the united district to be known as:

(a) The Queenstown Ward;

(b) The Greenstone Ward;

(c) The Kingston Ward;

(d) The Wakatipu Ward;

(e) The Aspiring Ward;

(f) The Wanaka Ward;

being more particularly those areas delineated in red on plan 101/252, deposited in the office of the Local Government Commission, Wellington.

4. Membership of District Council—(1) The district council shall comprise a Mayor, to be elected by the electors of the united district as a whole, and 13 members elected as follows:

Seven members to be elected by the electors of Queenstown Ward;

One member to be elected by the electors of the Greenstone Ward;

One member to be elected by the electors of the Kingston Ward;

One member to be elected by the electors of the Wakatipu Ward;

One member to be elected by the electors of the Aspiring Ward; and

Two members by and from among the members of the Wanaka District Community Council constituted as hereinafter provided in clause 7 of this order.

(2) The Mayor and members of the district council shall be first elected at the general election of members of local authorities to be held on 11 October 1986.

5. Elections—For the purposes of arranging the triennial general election of members of local authorities to be held on 11 October 1986 the Principal Administrative Officer and the Returning Officer for the united district shall be the Principal Administrative Officer and the Returning Officer of the uniting districts.

6. Frankton Community—The Frankton Community shall be abolished.

7. Wanaka Community—(1) The Wanaka Community shall comprise the Wanaka Ward as constituted in clause 3 of this order.

(2) There shall be a District Community Council for the Wanaka Community which shall comprise 9 members.

(3) The members of the Wanaka District Community Council shall be first elected at the triennial general election of members of local authorities to be held on 11 October 1986.

8. Rating—For a period of not less than 5 years nor more than 10 years, as the district council may determine, the system of rating in the former Queenstown Borough shall be the annual value system, the system of rating in the Wanaka Ward shall be the land value system, and the system of rating in the remainder of the united district shall be the capital value system.

9. Finance—(1) Except as otherwise provided in this order the accounts of the district council shall be kept in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government (Territorial Authorities) Accounting Regulations 1979.

Queenstown Borough-Lake County Union Order 1986

PAUL REEVES, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At Wellington this 4th day of August 1986

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 36 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: