1888 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 66

Area
ha
1.7576 Part Poripori Kumikumi Roadway; marked “S” on plan.
0.1066 Part Poripori Kumikumi Roadway; marked “T” on plan.
1.6877 Part Poripori Kumikumi Roadway; marked “U” on plan.

As shown marked as above mentioned on M.L. Plan 21267, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Hamilton.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 18th day of April 1986.

FRASER COLMAN,
Minister of Works and Development.

[L.S.]
(P.W. 35/33; Hn. D.O. 18/7/136)

God Save The Queen!

Declaring Road Used as a Roadway in Block III, Newcastle Survey District, Raglan County, to be Road

PAUL REEVES, Governor-General

A PROCLAMATION

PURSUANT to sections 421 and 422 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, I, The Most Reverend Sir Paul Alfred Reeves, the Governor-General of New Zealand hereby declare the land described in the Schedule hereto, and used as a roadway, to be road and to be vested in The Raglan County Council.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

All that piece of land containing 8000 square metres, situated in Block III, Newcastle Survey District being part Allotment 105, Pepepe Parish; as shown marked “A” on M.L. Plan 21317, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Hamilton.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 18th day of April 1986.

FRASER COLMAN,
Minister of Works and Development.

[L.S.]
(P.W. 34/876; Hn. D.O. 18/7/136)

God Save The Queen!

The Levels Plain Irrigation Scheme Renewal Order 1986

PAUL REEVES, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At Wellington this 21st day of April 1986.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

PURSUANT to sections 208 and 222 of the Public Works Act 1981, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order:

ORDER

1. This Order may be cited as the Levels Plain Irrigation Scheme Renewal Order 1986.

2. This area of land described in the First Schedule hereto is hereby constituted as an irrigation district, to be known as the Levels Plain Irrigation District (herein referred to as “the district”).

3. The Minister of Works and Development is hereby authorised to construct, maintain and control the water supply for the scheme works which shall comprise:

(i) Off-farm Works:

(a) Headworks: The headworks utilise the existing structures built for the original Levels Plain Irrigation Scheme. Works will involve repairing and renewing the existing facilities, and upgrading the operation by automating the control of the amount of water taken in from the Opihi River and bypassed back to it. Provision will be made for the protection of fish within the scheme.

(b) Distribution Works: These works will be the alteration or renewal of the existing open race supply system and the provision of wells. Wells will be provided, or where suitable (at the sole discretion of the Minister of Works and Development) existing wells purchased or leased and their use managed as an integral part of the scheme.

Off-farm works are funded initially by the Crown with 30 percent of the cost together with interest on balance owing recovered through water charges. The capital value of $180,000 of the existing assets is included as part of the off-farm works capital costs.

(ii) On-farm Works:

For the Levels Plain Irrigation Scheme these works shall be for the renewal, upgrading, modifying, changing and installation of on-farm water distribution and application systems as are appropriate for the efficient distribution and application of water for irrigation in the Levels Plain Irrigation Scheme.

These works presently qualify for a Rural Bank and Finance Corporation Loan with deferral of principal and interest repayments for up to 3 years, subject to approval of an on-farm development plan by the Minister of Works and Development.

4. Water Charges.—The accumulated deficit in the operation account will be written off on 1 May 1986 at the commencement of the transition period.

The water charges shall commence with the transition period which is planned to take 5 years. Estimates of the charges are set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

Charges will be reviewed annually and if necessary adjusted to take account of actual costs.

(i) Transition Period Charges:

The water charges to apply for the transition period shall comprise the transition period basic charge and the transition period water availability charge.

The transition period basic charge per hectare of land liable for the charge shall for the first season be $2 (two dollars).

The transition period water availability charge per unit rate of supply of water allocated shall for the initial season be the charge that would have applied per hectare of land for a contract supply of water had the renewal of the scheme not commenced. The charge for 1986/87 shall be $25.20 per hectare.

(ii) Annual Charges:

The water charges to apply from the end of the transition period shall be called the annual charges and shall comprise the basic charge and the water availability charge as determined in sections 209 and 211 of the Public Works Act 1981.

The basic charge repays the scheme’s portion of the capital together with interest on balance owing over the repayment period.

The water availability charge repays the scheme’s portion of the capital together with interest on balance owing over the repayment period, plus the operation and maintenance costs.

5. For the purposes of calculating the ‘transition period basic charge’ and the ‘transition period water availability charge’ the repayment period shall be 40 years.

The number of seasons of supply from the date of commencement of supply shall be 35.

6. Allocation.—On any day in the irrigation season one unit of water shall be the volume of water able to be taken from the Opihi River as permitted by the Opihi River Water Management Plan for that day multiplied by 7 and divided by the gross irrigable area in hectares served by the river intake, rounded to the nearest ten units and expressed in cubic metres of water.

One unit rate of supply shall be one unit of water per week, which has a maximum value of 400 m³/week/hectare, and will be reduced as allocation is restricted.

(i) Transition Period:

(a) For land over 8 hectares the allocation shall be one unit rate of supply for each hectare of land.

(b) For land under 8 hectares water will be allocated on the basis of one unit of water for each hectare of land following a request in writing by the occupier provided that water has been supplied to the land in the 5 seasons prior to the Order in Council. Other land under 8 hectares may have water supplied by special agreement with the Minister of Works and Development.

(ii) The Renewed Scheme—

(a) For land over 8 hectares the allocation shall be one unit of water for each hectare of irrigable land.