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(b) The persons elected, from time to time, as members of the North Shore City Council, representing the ward comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the North Shore City Council to the community board.

(3) The Returning Officer for the first election of the community boards for those communities constituted by this clause shall be the Returning Officer for the Takapuna City.

(4) The first election of the community boards for those communities constituted by this order shall be conducted by postal vote.

65 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the North Shore City shall be the land value system.

(2) Until the Valuer-General is able to produce a valuation roll for the North Shore City, Part XIV of the Rating Powers Act 1988 shall apply as if the North Shore City was the district of a special purpose authority and the areas from which it was formed were constituent districts.

66 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The North Shore City Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the North Shore City.

(2) The operative district schemes and the proposed district schemes under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 of the former authorities shall be deemed to be the operative district scheme or, as the case may be, the proposed district scheme of the North Shore City.

(3) Where any former authority had, prior to its dissolution, begun the preparation of any review of its district scheme or of any change or variation thereto, then, subject to any resolution of the North Shore City Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the North Shore City Council and may be adopted and acted upon by it.

(4) Where before the coming into force of this clause any application had been made to any former authority by any person pursuant to any provision of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977, and:

(a) No hearing by that former authority or any committee thereof had begun of such application or any objection thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to the North Shore City Council and shall be dealt with by it accordingly; or

(b) Such application had been heard or otherwise disposed of by that former authority and either the time for any appeal against such decision had not expired or notice of appeal had been given, any such appeal shall be deemed to be against the North Shore City Council; or

(c) Such application had been either partly or fully heard or considered by that former authority but no decision thereon had been given, the application shall be heard or considered again by the North Shore City Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

67 CIVIL DEFENCE

The operative local civil defence plans for the districts of the former authorities shall continue in force in the respective parts of the North Shore City until a new plan is approved for the North Shore City, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

68 VESTING OF PROPERTY

(1) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority and situated in the North Shore City is hereby vested in the corporation of the North Shore City Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority, and situated in a district in which that former authority is not also a former authority, is hereby vested in the corporation of the North Shore City Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

69 TITLE TO PROPERTY

Any reference, express or implied, to any former authority in any instrument or other document, or in any entry or record made in any register in relation to any property vested in the North Shore City Council by clause 68 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to "The North Shore City Council".

70 TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The local authorities named in subclause (2) of this clause shall unite in appointing a transitional committee for the North Shore City.

(2) The local authorities to which this clause applies shall be:

(a) The East Coast Bays City Council; and

(b) The Takapuna City Council; and

(c) The Birkenhead City Council; and

(d) The Northcote Borough Council; and

(e) The Devonport Borough Council; and

(f) The North Shore Drainage Board.

71 MEMBERSHIP OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

The transitional committee for the North Shore City shall consist of:

(a) Two members appointed by the East Coast Bays City Council; and

(b) Three members appointed by the Takapuna City Council; and

(c) Two members appointed by the Birkenhead City Council; and

(d) One member appointed by the Northcote Borough Council; and

(e) One member appointed by the Devonport Borough Council; and

(f) One member appointed by the North Shore Drainage Board; and

(g) One officer appointed by each local authority named in clause 70(2) of this order, who shall be non-voting members of the transitional committee; and

(h) The Chief Executive designate, when appointed in accordance with clause 74 of this order, who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee; and

(i) One member appointed by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, being an employee of a local authority named in clause 70(2) of this order, who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee.

72 NO CASTING VOTE

The Chairperson of the transitional committee for the North Shore City or other person presiding at any meeting of that committee shall not have a casting vote in the case of equality of votes.

73 EXCLUSION OF NON-VOTING MEMBERS

The transitional committee for the North Shore City may resolve to exclude any non-voting member of that committee from any meeting or part of a meeting where it proposes to consider any matter that affects that member personally.

74 OBLIGATION OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE TO APPOINT CHIEF EXECUTIVE

The transitional committee for the North Shore City shall appoint a person to be the Chief Executive of the North Shore City Council.