NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 58

uniting authorities holding office immediately prior to the dissolution of the uniting authorities.

(2) From the date of the next general election of members of local authorities to be held on the 14th day of October 1989, the district council shall comprise a Mayor who shall be elected by the electors of the united district, and 12 members elected as follows:

• six members to be elected by the electors of the Rangiora Wards;
• three members to be elected by the electors of the Eyre-Cust Ward;
• three members to be elected by the electors of the Cam Ward.

5. First meeting of council—The first meeting of the district council shall be convened by the person holding the office of the District Clerk of the Rangiora District Council immediately prior to the date of commencement of this order.

6. Canterbury United Council—(1) The district council shall be entitled to appoint three members to the Canterbury United Council.

(2) Those members of the Canterbury United Council appointed separately by the uniting authorities shall continue in office until such time as either:

(a) successors are appointed; or

(b) a regional council for a region which includes the united district as a constituent district is constituted.

7. Rating—The system of rating in the united district shall be the land value system.

8. Finance—(1) The special funds of the uniting authorities shall be expended for the purposes for which they were set aside, and after provision has been made for all liabilities for the benefit of the area of the district from which the special funds originated, any money required to be paid into any special fund to meet any deficiency shall be found from within the area of the district in respect of which that special fund originated.

(2) All loan liabilities existing at the date of the union shall continue to be secured against the area over which they were secured as at that date.

9. Town and country planning—The district planning schemes and scheme statements and codes of ordinances in force in the 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 the district council shall be required forthwith to prepare a new district planning scheme.

10. Local authorities 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.

11. Transfer of responsibilities—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 exercised by the uniting authorities;

(b) shall have and may exercise and be responsible for all liabilities, obligations, engagements and contracts which 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 the uniting authorities, 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 district council's circumstances; and, until revoked or altered by the district council, every such bylaw shall remain in force in the area in which it was in force immediately before the constitution of the united district, and every bylaw which cannot be restricted to the area in which it was in force immediately before the constitution of the united district and which is not applicable to the district council's circumstances shall be deemed inapplicable and revoked by this order;

(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 new rolls or records are made by the district council and until that time Part XIV of the Rating Powers Act 1988 shall apply as if the united district was the district of a special purpose authority and the areas from which it were formed were constituent districts.

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

13. Title to property—For the purposes of clause 12 of this order, any reference, express or implied, to “The Eyre County Council” or “The Chairman, Councillors and Inhabitants of the County of Eyre” in any instrument or other document whatsoever, or in any entry or record made in any register in relation to any instrument or other document whatsoever shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to the Rangiora District Council.

14. Mayor and principal administrative officer—(1) The Mayor of the united district shall exercise the duties, powers, and functions of the Mayor and Chairman of the uniting authorities.

(2) The principal administrative officer of the district council shall be appointed by the district council.

15. Creditors—Subject to section 37r of the Local Government Act 1974, the rights or interests of creditors of any district affected by this order shall not be affected.

16. Canterbury Museum Trust Board—The list of contributing authorities in the Schedule to the Canterbury Museum Trust Board Act 1983 is hereby amended by deleting from the first column the words “Eyre County Council” and from the corresponding line in the second column the expression “4.5”.

17. Civil Defence—The operative civil defence plans for the uniting authorities shall remain in force in their districts until a new plan is approved for the united district under Part II of the Civil Defence Act 1983.

First Schedule

Rangiora Ward

All that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the westernmost corner of Lot 2, D.P. 51736 and proceeding north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of that Lot and Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6, D.P. 51736 and the production of the last-mentioned boundary to the middle of River Road; thence easterly, generally, along the middle of that road and the middle of Ashly Street and Coldstream Road to the middle of East Belt; thence southerly along the middle of that Belt to a point in line with the northern boundary of Lot 1, D.P. 14817; thence easterly to and along that boundary to a line parallel to and 100.58 metres (500 links) east of the eastern side of East Belt; thence southerly along that line a distance of 241.40 metres (1200 links); thence westerly along a line perpendicular to East Belt to the middle of that Belt; thence southerly along the middle of that Belt to a point in line with the northern boundary of Lot 2, D.P. 16615; thence easterly to and along that boundary to the northeastern corner of that lot; thence southerly along the eastern boundaries of Lots 2, 3 and 4 D.P. 16615 and the