2304 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 99

42 FIRST ELECTION

(1) For the purposes of the first election of the Hurunui District Council, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the Hurunui District shall be, respectively, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the Hurunui County.

(2) The first election of the Hurunui District Council shall be conducted by postal vote.

43 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Hurunui District Council:

(a) Shall be convened by the principal administrative officer of that Council; and

(b) Shall be held no later than the 14th day of November 1989.

44 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Hurunui District Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 58 of this order.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative officer of the Hurunui District Council.

45 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Hurunui District Council shall be:

(a) The functions, duties, and powers of a territorial authority under—

(i) The Local Government Act 1974; and

(ii) Any other public Act relating to the Hurunui District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Hurunui District Council or any of the former authorities;

(b) The functions, duties, and powers of an administering body under the Reserves Act 1977 in respect of the reserves being administered by the former authorities immediately before the coming into force of this clause.

46 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters of the Hurunui District Council shall be located in Amberley.

47 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRES

The Hurunui District Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a service delivery centre in:

(a) Culverden; and

(b) Cheviot; and

(c) Waikari,

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

48 HANMER SPRINGS COMMUNITY

(1) There is hereby constituted a community for the area of the Hanmer Springs Ward, to be known as “The Hanmer Springs Community”.

(2) The community board for the Hanmer Springs Community shall consist of:

(a) Six members elected by the electors of the community; and

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

(3) The Returning Officer for the first election of the community board for the community constituted by this clause shall be the Returning Officer for the Hurunui County.

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

49 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the Hurunui District shall be the capital value system.

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

50 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

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

(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, as the case may be, the proposed district scheme, of the Hurunui District.

(3) Where any former authority had, prior to its dissolution, begun the preparation of any review of its district scheme or any change or variation thereto, then, subject to any resolution of the Hurunui District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Hurunui District 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 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 Hurunui District 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 Hurunui District 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 Hurunui District Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

51 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 Hurunui District until a new plan is approved for the Hurunui District, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

52 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority, other than the Kaikoura County 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 Hurunui District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

53 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 corporation of the Hurunui District Council under this order shall be deemed to be a reference to the Hurunui District Council.