2264 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 99

(a) Pakuranga; and
(b) Howick; and
(c) Otara; and
(d) Papatoetoe; and
(e) Mangere; and
(f) Manurewa,

in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule to this order.

140 COMMUNITIES

(1) There is hereby constituted a community for each of the following:

(a) The area of the Pakuranga Ward, to be known as “The Pakuranga Community”; and
(b) The area of the Howick Ward, to be known as “The Howick Community”; and
(c) The area of the Otara Ward, to be known as “The Otara Community”; and
(d) The area of the Papatoetoe Ward, to be known as “The Papatoetoe Community”; and
(e) The area of the Mangere Ward, to be known as “The Mangere Community”; and
(f) The area of the Manurewa Ward, to be known as “The Manurewa Community”; and
(g) The area of the Clevedon Ward, to be known as “The Clevedon Community”.

(2) The community board for each community constituted by subclause (1) of this clause shall consist of:

(a) Six members elected by the electors of the community; and
(b) Not more than four persons elected from time to time as members of the Manukau City Council, representing the ward comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Manukau 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 former Manukau City.

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

141 RATING

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

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

142 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Manukau City Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Manukau 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 Manukau 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 Manukau City Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Manukau 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 of any objection thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to the Manukau 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 Manukau 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 Manukau City Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

143 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 Manukau City until a new plan is approved for the Manukau City, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

144 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

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

(3) All that land described in Part Lot 4, D.P. 35916, (North Auckland Land District) is hereby vested in the corporation of the Manukau City Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

145 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 Manukau City Council by clause 144 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Manukau City Council”.

146 TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

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

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

(a) The former Manukau City Council; and
(b) The Papatoetoe City Council; and
(c) The Howick Borough Council.

147 MEMBERSHIP OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

The transitional committee for the Manukau City shall consist of:

(a) Four members appointed by the former Manukau City Council; and
(b) Two members appointed by the Papatoetoe City Council; and
(c) Two members appointed by the Howick Borough Council; and
(d) One officer appointed by each local authority named in